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Long Synopsis: A Butterfly's Demise: A Flutter in Time (The Tattoo Murder Case)
Sharon and Lily, close friends in their early twenties, pursue their passions in Philosophy and Biology, respectively. On a hot summer day in Detroit, they visit an Astrology store, skeptical but curious with a desire for new experiences. As they explore the store, they sense an air of intrigue and mystery in the unknown. Little do they know, their innocent visit...
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The Year Without Summer
Fourteen-year-old Joshua Woods would like nothing better than to leave his Catskill mountain home and follow his uncles to Harvard. But, it is the Spring of 1824, and Joshua's father, believing strange predictions of "a year without summer," refuses to let him go. And, the Chases', a family who once owned his father as an indentured servant, are trying to lure Joshua into their intrigues. Joshua is caught between his loyalty...
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!
The classroom is decorated as Dinosaur Land, but Ms. Frizzle-inspired by an archeological dig-craves a more authentic experience. The Magic School Bus turns into a time machine and transports the class back millions of years to an adventure where they...
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An unforgettable heroine in a novel of the Crusades
Joanna is the strong-willed daughter of King Henry of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Close to her brother Richard Lionheart, she grew up at courts in France and England. From jousts to the infamous Courts of Love, from family quarrels to international intrigues, Joanna's youth was spent in the thick of it all.
With her ambition to become a queen, like her much-admired mother, Joanna marries...