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Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little

by Davies, Nicola

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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Kelly, Jacqueline

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers,...

A Savage Thunder

Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom

by Murphy, Jim

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Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware

by Anderson, M. T.

It is a land of wonders!It is a land of mystery.It is a land that time forgot (or chose specifically not to remember).Cut off from the civilized world for unto...

Notes from the Dog

by Paulsen, Gary

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The Duel

The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr

by George, Judith St.

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were intertwined for some twenty-five years, with their resentments and misunderstandings culminating in a tragic duel.

The Word Snoop

by Dubosarsky, Ursula

A tour of the English language from the beginning of the alphabet in 4000 BC to modern text messaging and emoticons.

The Frog Scientist

by Turner, Pamela S.

Tyrone Hayes works to discover the effects pesticides have on frogs and, in turn, us.

Which Way to the Wild West?

Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About America's Westward Expansion

by Sheinkin, Steve

History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do that won the American West. With a storyteller's voice and at...

Kakapo Rescue

Saving the World's Strangest Parrot [Scientists in the Field]

by Montgomery, Sy

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful bird...