While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily's inheritance.

The autobiographical memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose.

The author shares the story of her survival of the Gatumba massacre, despite losing her sister, and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.

"Young readers will learn to distinguish between the things they really need (food and clothing) and the things they want (toys!) in this fun, fresh look at wants and needs." -- Goodreads.

"What is money and how do we use it? Simple text and fun photos compare the different kinds of things people buy. Critical-thinking questions encourage readers to think further about money and its uses." -- Goodreads.

Profiles many of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.

The Great Fire of 1871 was one of the most colossal disasters in American history—with damage so profound that few people believed the city of Chicago could ever rise again. By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with careful research, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting and dramatic narrative, ultimately revealing how the human spirit triumphed even in a time of deepest despair, and the people of Chicago found the courage

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Kayla needs to return her library books, but she can't find one of them. Can King and Jillian help solve the crime? From the Geisel Honor-winning early reader series. Kayla needs to return her library books so that she can check out new ones. But she can't find one of them. Where could it be? Can King and Kayla's friend Jillian help? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor, the King Kayla series from Geisel Honor Award-winning...

King, Kayla, Mason, and Asia are playing in the snow. Later Asia discovers her new gold ring is missing. What happened to it? What does Kayla know? 1. Asia's ring is missing. 2. It was on her finger when she came over. 3. It's not in the cushions, on the table, in the drain, or outside. What does King know? There's a crow outside. Crows like shiny things. How will they solve the mystery?

Recounts the escape of John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln's assassin, and follows the intensive twelve-day search for him and his accomplices.