In the caves of Avantia lurks Arachnid the Spider King. Massive and terrifying, Arachnid preys on the local townspeople and guards a piece of the magical golden armor. Can Tom defeat the Beast and save the kingdom from destruction?

Misaabe tells great stories-stories about saving a city from giant green trolls, reading supersonic books with x-ray glasses, and how his dad is a secret agent fighting bad guys, and that's why he can't come to visit. When Misaabe's stories go too far, he must learn how to be honest and authentic with his friends. An Anishinaabe child shares his talent for storytelling and learns to embrace his insecurities in this relatable story. A pronunciation...

Up-to-date devotions on getting "smarter"- for boys ages 8-12. There is something to interest every boy in this unique devotional that focuses on the 2:52 principle of "getting smart" as it teaches boys how to use their minds to live a godly life. The concept is in book form, but the pages look like web pages. Sections include: • An e-mail introducing the topic of the devotion. • A comic strip making the point of the lesson. • A Bible story...

Une fiction qui retrace l'addiction d'une adolescent aux jeux vidéo, et de l'isolement social que celle-ci a pour conséquence. Théo est un jeune garçon passionné par les jeux vidéo. Lors de l'anniversaire de son ami Mathieu, il découvre le jeu dernier cri « Land of the living dead ». S'il n'y avait pas l'école, il y jouerait tout le temps. Peu à peu, Théo s'enferme dans un monde virtuel. Plus rien d'autre n'a d'importance, ni ses amis,...

Winning a national high-school geography competition should be the high point of Jomon's life. So why does he find himself running through the streets of Georgetown, Guyana, later that same night - so angry and desperate? Why does he heave his hard-won medal through the front window of a liquor store? Why does a teenaged boy decide life is not worth living? Arrested by police and detained in a jail cell, Jomon is jolted out of his suicidal thoughts...

While searching in Iceland for a missing sailor sought by an insurance company, the teen-age detective brothers uncover a plot threatening the life of a United States astronaut and the secrets of NASA's moon project.

Two teenage sleuths help their detective father search for a famous rocket scientist whose disappearance endangers the launching of the Firebird Rocket.

The Hardy boys and two friends take a camping trip to the Rocky Mountains in an attempt to locate a gang of credit-card counterfeiters.

"Two stories of bravery in one beautiful book! Meet two brave young heroes of Pakistan who stood up for the right to freedom and education in this inspirational nonfiction picture book from acclaimed author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. One country: Pakistan. Two children: Iqbal Masih and Malala Yousafzai. Each was unafraid to speak out. He, against inhumane child slavery in the carpet trade. She, for the right of girls to attend school. Both were...

"Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and galvanized conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unintended effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girlsis only half the conversation. To understand girls and sex, we also need to talk about boys and sex. Today's young men are subject to the same cultural forces as their female peers. They are steeped...