school stories

"Paige loves facts! She is constantly spouting information about everything and anything to anyone who will listen. A group of zebras is called a dazzle. Her street's buildings have seventy-three windows. And the boy named Penn who lives next door is her friend. This unlikely pair couldn't be more different ... Paige might know that the ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste, but Penn is sure the Evergreen Music School is haunted! And now Paige sets out to prove Penn is wrong, one fact at a time"--.

The second title in a delightful new Level 2 I Can Read! series from acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and illustrator Lydia Mba, starring Makeda, an exuberant seven-year-old "maker" and problem solver who loves to create. Perfect for readers who love Rosie Revere, Engineer and Reina Ramos Works It Out. Makeda is excited to bring Subway, the class guinea pig, home for the weekend. But Subway seems S-A-D-so Makeda and her friend Glory decide to make him an F-U-N new cage to cheer him up. But what if what is fun for Makeda is not fun for Subway? This Level 2 I Can Read! book features an engaging story, longer sentences, and language play perfect for developing readers.

Desmond and Andres must confront stage fright and a demon as they act their way through the most cursed school play ever.

Join A.J. and his friends for a year of weird, from Camp Ockatollyquay, trick-or-treating, going to visit Santa Claus at the mall, to a foreign exchange student from France in time for Valentine's Day, an Easter egg hunt at the mayor's mansion, to visits from the ghosts of summers past.

Contains two Bruce Coville stories including "Juliet Dove, Queen of Love" in which a shy twelve-year-old girl must solve a puzzle involving characters from Greek mythology to free herself from a spell that makes her irresistible to boys; and "The Monster's Ring, " the story of a timid boy who, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster.

The children in Miss Honeywood's class are faced with a dilemma when they return to school after the summer holiday to find one of the turnips in the school garden has grown to an enormous size. Presented in Chinese and English.

"After noticing that A.J. and his friends' geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries! But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide!--Provided by publisher.

During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.

When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

"Steve has plans to take over his middle school, but when a nefarious villain beats him to the punch, Steve will have to consider doing the most horrific thing of them all: teaming up with good guy Vic Turry to save his school and maybe the entire town!"--.