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"In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster - only to land in another.

In this playful look at hair, Krull draws upon centuries of hairy history-including the fake beards of Egyptian queens, the hair-filled medicine of the Incas, and the diverse wigs of Queen Elizabet

Do you have a favorite sports hero? If so, have you ever wondered about what kind of zany things things he or she likes to do when not competing?

No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill.

Rennie is in Uruguay when his cousins discover a secret cache at their dead grandfather's cottage. Thousands of dollars in foreign currencies. A mystifying notebook.

Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she's ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspap

"Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Kenzie's dog is stolen by a dog-fighting operation. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this mystery for teen readers, Riley Donovan uncovers the truth about the death of a popular high school football player.

In this middle-grade novel, Rennie ends up on a ski trip with Grandma and stumbles on a murder plot.

In this chilling graphic novel, Truman, the prime suspect in his girlfriend's murder, struggles to find the truth.

Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive.

Krull presents a vivid and highly accessible portrait of a true renaissance man--an artist, scientist, and inventer of unparalleled genius. Themes include homosexuality.

It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals.

Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter.