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The choice
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Tired and disillusioned, Corgan tries living a more peaceful life on Nuku Hiva, but soon must confront his nemesis, Brigand, for the last time. |
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Cliff hanger
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster ch… |
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Lost in the moving mountains
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Gloria Skurzynski |
While on a three day hike in the mountain wilderness, two thirteen-year-old brothers must use all their skill to survive when they are confronted by an injured drug dealer and are caught in an earthq… |
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The magic pumpkin
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Gloria Skurzynski |
The little old woman rides through the jungle in her magic pumpkin confident that she can outwit the tiger and gray wolf waiting to eat her for dinner. |
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Manwolf
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Only when he finally reaches adolescence does a boy, living in medieval Poland, realize people think he is a werewolf. |
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The poltergeist of Jason Morey
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Gloria Skurzynski |
When their eleven-year-old orphaned cousin comes to live with them, the Kessler family has a difficult time, first, believing he has brought a poltergeist with him, and then learning to live with it. |
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The remarkable journey of Gustavus Bell
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Gloria Skurzynski |
When he is suddenly stricken by the rare halving disease, Gustavus meets progressively smaller animals, from dogs to aphids, in his search for help. |
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Rockbuster
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Gloria Skurzynski |
In 1915, after being asked to sing at the funeral of executed songwriter and member of the international union, Industrial Workers of the World, Joe Hill, eighteen-year-old Utah coal miner Tommy Quin… |
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This is rocket science
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Gloria Skurzynski |
..three, two, one... we have liftoff! From the award-winning author of Are We Alone? comes a title to propel young imaginations far into space. This Is Rocket Science explores the past, present, and … |
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Two fools and a faker
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Retells three Lebanese folktales concerning the making of two fools and the undoing of a clever faker. |
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Waves
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Examines different kinds of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, microwaves, light, x-rays and gamma rays. |
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Caught in the moving mountains
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Gloria Skurzynski |
While on a three-day hike in the mountain wilderness, two thirteen-year-old brothers must use all their skill to survive when they are confronted by an injured drug dealer and are caught in an earthq… |
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Are we alone?
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Gloria Skurzynski |
In the jungle of Puerto Rico, next to a giant aluminum telescope bowl, we meet astronomers Peter Backus and Jill Tarter of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. This research p… |
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What happened in Hamelin
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Gloria Skurzynski |
A novel of the Pied Piper legend told from the standpoint of a 14-year-old baker's assistant who dreams of freedom from his harsh medieval life and of a new life with the piper. |
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This is rocket science
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Gloria Skurzynski |
A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds. |
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The tempering
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Gloria Skurzynski |
The summer of 1911 is a decisive one for three young men in a Pennsylvania steel town as they find and lose jobs, fall in love, and begin to shape their adult lives. |
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Out of the deep
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Jack, Ashley, and their unreliable new foster sister set out to solve the mystery of why whales are beaching themselves at Acadia National Park. While investigating mysterious strandings of whales in… |
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The revolt
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Gloria Skurzynski |
Details Corgan's escape, with Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg, from Brigand to outerspace. |
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Robots
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Gloria Skurzynski |
An introduction to robotics, focusing on such topics as the robot revolution, bionics, and avionics. |
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Virtual War
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Gloria Skurzynski |
In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality. |
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