Tag Archives: Mysteries

Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls)

Rating: (34 reviews)
Author: Ally Carter
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

Product Description
When Cammie “The Chameleon” Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she’s in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she’s there to watch Macey’s father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to [...]

Counterfeit Christmas (Nancy Drew Files #102)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon Pulse

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Counterfeit twenties are circulating and Nancy’s prime suspect is a gorgeous guy who is attracted to her, but another suspect is found dead and Nancy is drawn into a world where greed rules and life is worthless.

Christmas Killer (Point)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Patricia Windsor
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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Nancy is missing, but not for Rose, who, each night, sees the missing girl in her dreams and begins to dread going to sleep at night. Reprint. C. AB. K.

A Crime for Christmas (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Super Mysteries #2)

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon Pulse

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Nancy Drew teams up with the Hardy boys in New York to find a pair of big-time cat burglars who are expected to hit a museum next.

The Name of this Book Is Secret

Rating: (39 reviews)
Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they [...]

The Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: Getting Smart About Making It, Saving It, and Spending It! (Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guides)

Author: Jessica Blatt
Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Product Description
Suze Orman advises women on how to handle their money–and now Jessica Blatt advises the women of tomorrow on how to handle theirs. The newest addition to the Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It series empowers girls by showing them why money matters. From making money, to saving money, to investing money, to spending [...]

Writers Inc.: A Student Handbook for Writing And Learning

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Sebranek, Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, Verne Meyer
Publisher: Great Source Education Group

Amazon.com Review
It’s meant for high schoolers, but adults who haven’t inhaled chalk dust for years might appreciate it even more. The process of organizing, researching and writing a paper is laid is out in easy-to-understand normal-speak. The chapters on grammar and [...]

The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series

Author: Lois H. Gresh
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

Everyone’s in love with vampires, and if his name happens to be Edward Cullen, then readers of the wildly popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer can’t help but be crazy about him. For all those who adore Bella Swan, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen family and can’t get [...]

The American Heritage Student Dictionary

Rating: (11 reviews)
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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The perfect dictionary for students in grades 6-9. This edition has been updated to reflect up-to-the-minute developments in all subject areas, from technology to world affairs.

Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Richard M. Hannula
Publisher: Canon Press

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“Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls“(Jer. 6:16). Christianity is a faith in love with history. God took on human [...]

Master the SSAT & ISEE 2009 (Master the Ssat and Isee)

Author: Peterson’s
Publisher: Arco

Product Description
The guide for students AND parents! Master the SSAT & ISEE provides all the prep needed to score higher on the SSAT and ISEE: up-to-date information on the tests, hundreds of practice questions and four full-length practice tests (all with detailed answer explanations), and solid test-taking advice. Also includes guidance for parents [...]

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Payne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were
also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains [...]

National Geographic Student Atlas of the World: Revised Edition

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books

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Combines full-color maps and data sets to introduce students to the importance of the connections between geography and other areas of study. The thematic atlas gives students a clear picture of the recent agricultural, industrial, demographic, environmental, economic and political changes in every world region. [...]

A Young People’s History of the United States, Vol. 1: Columbus to the Robber Barons

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Howard Zinn
Publisher: Seven Stories Press

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Praise for A People’s History of the United States:
“Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history, and his text is studded with telling quotations from labor leaders, war resisters and fugitive slaves. There are vivid descriptions of events that [...]

The Old Testament: Our Call To Faith and Justice

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Publisher: Ave Maria Press

En Espanol: Level 2 Mas Practica Cuaderno with Lesson Review Bookmarks

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Carlin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

The Church Through History

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Joseph Stoutzenberger, Maurice O’Connell
Publisher: Harcourt Religion Pub

Vocabulary Workshop: Level G (Vocabulary Workshop)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Jerome Shostak
Publisher: William H Sadlier

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 1: The Long Way Home

Rating: (37 reviews)
Author: Joss Whedon, Andy Owens
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

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Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers – newly legion – have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything’s fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains. Meanwhile, one of the [...]

Scribbles: A Really Giant Drawing and Coloring Book

Rating: (29 reviews)
Author: Taro Gomi
Publisher: Chronicle Books

Product Description
This is no ordinary coloring book! With playful drawings, funny scenarios and fun-to-follow instructions, this book is not just for coloring, but for doodling, drawing, imagining and thinking! Here the art on the page is just the start. This book is paperback with 368 pages with line [...]

Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths

Rating: (22 reviews)
Author: Bernard Evslin
Publisher: Laurel Leaf

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The earth breeds giants and ogres of indescribable horror — the heavens hold omnipotent gods and goddesses, abounding in courage, strength and wisdom.
Zeus, the almighty king of the gods, who cannot resist feminine beauty — mortal or divine, and his jealous and vengeful wife, Hera.
Perseus, fearless mortal [...]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Amulet Books

Product Description

The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level.
Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can [...]

Frostbite (Vampire Academy, Book 2)

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill

Product Description
Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose…
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, [...]

Summer Bridge Activities: 6th to 7th Grade

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Leland Graham, Frankie Long
Publisher: Rainbow Bridge Publishing (UT)

Book Description
NEW and Improved Summer Bridge Activities for 2006!
This year the bestselling summer workbook features new covers, new activities, new reading lists, updated bonus sections, and a whole lot more to give kids a summer learning experience they won’t forget! Designed to keep kids [...]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.

Book Description
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader contend with Twain’s language, allusions, and deliberate misstatements and malapropisms.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, became an instant success in the [...]

Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Bear Grylls
Publisher: Hyperion

Book Description
In Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls demonstrates all manner of survival techniques when faced with nature’s extremes–from crossing piranha-infested rivers to fighting off grizzly bears. He shows us how, armed with the correct know-how and a determination to stay alive, all of us have the potential to beat [...]

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Rating: (43 reviews)
Author: Patricia Mccormick
Publisher: Hyperion

Creation in Death (In Death)

Rating: (68 reviews)
Author: J.D. Robb
Publisher: Berkley

Book Description
The 25th In Death novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author

Lies Young Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free

Author: Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Dannah Gresh
Publisher: Moody Publishers

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, Volume 3

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Various
Publisher: Dark Horse

Book Description
The third volume of Dark Horse’s Buffy omnibus series follows the gang through harrowing trials and tribulations – slaying vampires, going to high school, and young love. Angel has lost his soul and found it again, Xander and Cordelia kiss and make up, and Willow and Oz confront [...]

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, Book 1)

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill

Book Description
St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, [...]

Christmas in Britain (Christmas Around the World) (Christmas Around the World Series)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Corinne Ross
Publisher: World Book

Book Description
Each 80-page Christmas Around the World book includes full narratives explaining the customs of the region covered, photography and illustrations, special sections of native songs, recipes, and fun-to-do crafts.

All Is Well: The Miracle of Christmas in July

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Frank Peretti
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Book Description
When Daniel and his mom run out of money and can’t pay the rent, it looks like they’re going to have to move. To help any way he can, Daniel goes door-to-door selling whatever isn’t nailed down, including a box of Christmas ornaments. Through kindness and compassion, [...]

A Very Dairy Christmas

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Sylvia Hysen
Publisher: 1st Impression Publishing

Product Description
Books become classics when they appeal to all generations, and A Very Dairy Christmas manages to do just that in this heart-warming comedy about dysfunctional family relationships. With chapters like “There’s no place like a stranger’s home”, “You don’t need a farm to have a pig”, [...]

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Movie Storybook

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Louise Gikow
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Book Description
Here is a quirky and refreshing new take on the traditional movie storybook. It’s told from the point of view of the two slightly batty Old Biddies who lovingly raise the Grinch from the night of his arrival in Who-ville to the day [...]

American Born Chinese

Rating: (41 reviews)
Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second

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Indie graphic novelist Gene Yang’s intelligent and emotionally challenging American Born Chinese is made up of three individual plotlines: the determined efforts of the Chinese folk hero Monkey King to shed his humble roots and be revered as a god; the struggles faced by Jin Wang, a [...]

Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs (Spanish Now)

Rating: (20 reviews)
Author: Ruth Silverstein, Allen Pomerantz Ph.D., Haywood Wald Ph.D.
Publisher: Barron’’s Educational Series

Book Description
The updated 7th edition of this combination textbook and workbook is designed as an introduction to Spanish for classroom use. The emphasis is on oral proficiency—conversational speaking and listening comprehension—but the authors also present detailed instruction in the fundamentals of [...]

The Anne of Green Gables Christmas Treasury

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Carolyn Strom Collins, Christina Wyss Eriksson, L. M. Montgomery
Publisher: Viking Adult

Book Description
The magic of Christmas in the world of Anne and her friends–whose worldwide popularity has made a tourist attraction of her fictional home of Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island–is brought vividly to life with this fascinating selection of Christmas lore, [...]

Christmas in My Heart

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Joe L. Wheeler
Publisher: Review & Herald Publishing

Book Description
Timeless stories with a message of unselfish love and personal involvement will turn thoughts to Christ and remind readers that this is really what Christmas–and life itself–is all about.

Painless Grammar (Painless Series)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Book Description
This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in [...]

The Tiger in the Well (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 3)

Rating: (47 reviews)
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Book Description
Sally, now 25, is comfortably settled with her child, Harriet, her work, and her London friends. But when a complete stranger claims to be both her husband and Harriet’s father, Sally’s whole world comes crashing down around her. With nowhere to turn, she escapes with Harriet into [...]

Easy-To-Do Holiday Crafts From Everyday Household Items!: Including Crafts for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Every Day of the Year!

Rating: (2 reviews)
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Publisher: Boyds Mills Press

Cajun Night Before Christmas (Miniature Edition)

Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Trosclair
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company

Book Description
More than twenty-five years after its first appearance, “Cajun Night Before Christmas” has become a modern classic that has sold more than 490,000 copies and has served as the model for Pelican’s ongoing, best-selling “Night Before Christmas series.”
The formula that started this success story is surprisingly simple: [...]

Miss Match: A Lauren Holbrook Novel

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Erynn Mangum
Publisher: Th1nk Books

The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 1)

Rating: (150 reviews) Author: Philip Pullman Publisher: Laurel Leaf Amazon.com “Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man.” Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke–a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. [...]

52, Vol. 2

Rating: (7 reviews) Author: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid Publisher: DC Comics Book Description After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a yearwithout Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.A year in which those heroeswere needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.The story of [...]

Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires, Book 3)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Rachel Caine
Publisher: NAL Jam

Book Description
Claire Danvers’s college town may be run by vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. To what end, [...]

Sure Fire

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Jack Higgins, Justin Richards
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Book Description
The first young adult novel from legendary New York Times-bestselling author Jack Higgins.
For thirty years, Jack Higgins has enraptured adult readers with his thrilling tales of spies and intrigue. Now, for the first time he brings his bestselling touch to the world of teens with [...]

New Junior Cookbook (Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen)

Rating: (27 reviews)
Author: Better Homes and Gardens
Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens

Book Description
All new recipes are age-appropriate, kid-tested and kid-tasted.
Recipes use short ingredient lists and easy step-by-step instructions.
Written and designed to appeal to 8- to 12-year-old children who are just beginning to cook on their own, as well as those who have some cooking experience.
Cooking [...]

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Ally Carter
Publisher: Hyperion

Book Description
After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give upher first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester.But that’s easier said than done when you’re a CIA legacy and go to thepremier school in the world…for spies.Cammie may have a genius IQ , but [...]