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  • Poems for Tortured Souls

    by Liz Ison ...
    Soothe your spirit with this emotional, romantic, must-have collection, an homage to some of the poets and writers who have inspired Taylor Swift.This collection of timeless poems is a beautiful introduction to the passionate words that have inspired artists and lyricists for generations. Discover poetry that overflows with folklore, love, heartbreak, revenge, and peace—the perfect balm for any ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Grace After Midnight

    A Memoir

    by Felicia Pearson ...
    Felicia Pearson, who starred of the acclaimed television series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story, one that dramatically parallels her television character.While Felicia is a brilliant actor who played a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Snoop was born a three-pound cross-eyed crack baby in East Baltimore. Those ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo

    An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea

    by Sy Montgomery ...
    Series series Scientists in the Field
    A 2007 Sibert Honor BookIt looks like a bear, but isn’t one. It climbs trees as easily as a monkey— but isn’t a monkey, either. It has a belly pocket like a kangaroo, but what’s a kangaroo doing up a tree? Meet the amazing Matschie’s tree kangaroo, who makes its home in the ancient trees of Papua New Guinea’s cloud forest. And meet the amazing scientists who track these elusive animals. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Watergate

    A Story of Richard Nixon and the Shocking 1972 Scandal

    by Jules Archer ...
    Series series Jules Archer History for Young Readers
    With expert storytelling skills, historian Jules Archer recounts the complete story of Watergate, from that first fateful predawn Saturday morning-June 18, 1972-when night watchman Frank Willis discovered burglars” inside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to President Richard Nixon’s disgraced resignation two years later. This story dives into the cover-ups, the payoffs, the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • When Elephants Fight

    by Eric Walters, Adrian Bradbury ...
    When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This ancient proverb of the Kikuyu people, a tribal group in Kenya, Africa, is as true today as when the words were first spoken, perhaps thousands of years ago. Its essence is simplicity: when the large fight, it is the small who suffer most. And when it comes to war, the smallest, the most vulnerable, are the children. When Elephants Fight ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • American Indians in Texas: Conflict and Survival

    by Sandy Phan ...
    Series series Primary Source Readers
    Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book explores the Texas history and the history of American Indians and how each group found different ways to live on the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Acid King

    by Jesse P. Pollack ...
    Series series Simon True
    Real stories. Real teens. Real consequences.A murder in a small Long Island town reveals the dark secrets lurking behind the seemingly peaceful façade in this latest installment of the Simon True series.On June 19, 1984, seventeen-year-old Ricky Kasso murdered Gary Lauwers in what local police and the international press dubbed a “Satanic Sacrifice.”The murder became the subject of several popular ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Black Birds in the Sky

    The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

    by Brandy Colbert ...
    A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre. Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.In the early morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob marched across the train tracks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and into its predominantly Black Greenwood ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lives of the Presidents

    Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought)

    by Kathleen Krull ...
    Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt ...
    Series series Lives of . . .
    Every U.S. president is the focus of public scrutiny, but how well do we know these men? What kind of fathers do presidents make? Husbands? Neighbors? Other books focus on the historical achievements of those who have occupied our country's highest office; Lives of the Presidents looks instead at their bad habits, silly nicknames, and strange pets. Every president—from George Washington to Barack ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)

    A True Story of the Fight for Justice

    by Bryan Stevenson ...
    The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature!In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so"--acclaimed lawyer ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Witch Hunt

    The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare

    by Andrea Balis, Elizabeth Levy ...
    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in US history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare.At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down “communists” in the US, citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World

    by Frederick Joseph, Porsche Joseph ...
    From the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Friend and a seasoned activist comes an indispensable guide to social and political progressivism for young people and anyone wanting to get more involved.What is disinformation, and how does it influence our lives? How did the wealth gap become so staggeringly wide? Why do so many Americans lack access to quality health care? And—most ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Goodnight Mind for Teens

    Skills to Help You Quiet Noisy Thoughts and Get the Sleep You Need

    by Colleen E. Carney, PhD ...
    Series series The Instant Help Solutions Series
    Turn off the light. Turn off your phone. Turn off anxious thoughts.Do you have trouble getting to sleep at night? You aren’t alone. There are so many reasons teens today have a difficult time going to sleep—including early school start times, too much late-night screen time, or just being anxious about what the future holds. You are at an important crossroads in your life, so it’s natural to feel ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The World Cup

    Soccer's Global Championship

    by Matt Doeden ...
    Series series Spectacular Sports
    Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!The World Cup is international soccer's championship tournament, and it rules the global sports stage. Award-winning author Matt Doeden explores the history of international soccer and covers the World Cup's greatest moments, from the Save of the Century to Diego Maradona's ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • "Scribbling Women"

    True Tales from Astonishing Lives

    by Marthe Jocelyn ...
    In 1855, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote to his publisher, complaining about the irritating fad of “scribbling women.” Whether they were written by professionals, by women who simply wanted to connect with others, or by those who wanted to leave a record of their lives, those “scribbles” are fascinating, informative, and instructive.Margaret Catchpole was a transported prisoner whose eleven letters ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Yes She Can

    10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House

    by Molly Dillon ...
    "Young women can run the world. These are the stories of those who did..." @hillaryclinton"An excellent guide to the how and why of a life of public service." --Amy PoehlerReturn to President Obama's White House in this New York Times bestselling anthology for young women by young women, featuring stories from ten inspiring young staffers who joined his administration in their 20s with the hope of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

    by Dale Carnegie, Digital Fire ...
    In How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Carnegie offers a set of practical formulas that you can put to work today. Through techniques that get to the heart of your unique stress response, and an exploration of how stress can affect your relationships, you'll discover how to control stress instead of letting it control you. There's no need to live with worry and anxiety that keep you from ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • What Is Congress?

    by Jill Abramson, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by David Malan ...
    Series series What Was?
    Whether Congress is in session or not, here is an enthralling overview about the branch of our government closest to average Americans.Best-selling adult author and the first woman to become executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson is a self-confessed political junkie. Now she has written the book she wishes she'd had as a young reader. Explaining clearly and concisely what exactly ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Where Do Presidents Come From?

    And Other Presidential Stuff of Super Great Importance

    by Mike Townsend ...
    Illustrated by Mike Townsend ...
    United States history comes alive in this laugh-out-loud nonfiction graphic novel all about the presidents!Michael Townsend presents his comic book guide to everything you ever wanted to know (and maybe a few things you didn't!) about the President of the United States. It's full of insanely weird facts about our leaders (Did you know that President Coolidge had a pet pygmy hippo named Billy?), as ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Election!

    A Kid's Guide to Picking Our President

    by Dan Gutman ...
    A fun, funny, and informative guide to the weird world of American politicsHow does the president get his job? How do people know who will win an election before everybody’s voted? Do the candidates hate each other?Dan Gutman takes on his strangest subject ever: the American political system. Reaching through history from the days of the founding fathers to today’s voting system, Gutman tackles ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rising Water

    The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

    by Marc Aronson ...
    The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue—as seen in Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives.On June 23, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Quiet Power

    The Secret Strengths of Introverts

    by Susan Cain, Gregory Mone, Erica Moroz ...
    Illustrated by Grant Snider ...
    The monumental bestseller Quiet has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and teensSusan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. With her inspiring book, she permanently changed the way we see introverts and the way introverts see themselves.The original book focused on the workplace, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Untold History of the United States, Volume 2

    Young Readers Edition, 1945-1962

    by Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, Eric Singer ...
    Discover America’s secrets in this second of two volumes of the young readers’ edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Eric Singer.There is history as we know it. And there is history we should have known.Complete with poignant photos and little-known but vitally important stories, this second of two volumes ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Twenty-One

    The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change

    by Elizabeth Rusch ...
    Compelling and timely, award-winning author Elizabeth Rusch’s The Twenty-One tells the gripping inside story of the ongoing landmark federal climate change lawsuit, Juliana vs. United States of America. The Twenty-One is for readers of Christina Soontornvat’s All Thirteen, fans of Steve Sheinkin’s books, and anyone interested in the environment and climate change, as well as youth activism, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD $7.99 USD