school children

"What happens to the girl left behind? When a masked man with a gun enters a sandwich shop in broad daylight, Meredith Oliver suddenly finds herself ordered to the filthy floor, cowering face-to-face with her nemesis, Lisa Bellow, the most popular girl in her eighth grade class. Lying there, Meredith is utterly convinced she is going to die. Then the man orders Lisa Bellow to stand and come with him, leaving Meredith the girl left behind."--Book jacket.

Explores how children around the world travel to school in thirteen different nations including China, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Ukraine, and the United States.

"Tom has decided he wants to get the most gold stars in Mr. Fullerman's class, but he doubts things will go his way because Marcus cheats, his tooth aches, and Tom has much more important things to do than behave in school. Who can concentrate when you have a sister to annoy, bugs to catch, and swimming to do?"--Amazon.com.

A new year brings Sonny and Mildred into the realm of awkward love, as Sonny meets a girl who seems to be a magical Selkie, and Mildred falls for the bad boy she meets in Saturday detention, drawing the ire of Sasha, the boy's girlfriend.

Discusses the effects of junk food on growing children and if they should be banned in schools.

"Returning to the Jedi Academy for his third year, Victor Starspeeder must navigate a strict new droid principal's regulations and other school changes that are tied to a mysterious secret"--OCLC.

Lucy Snow was hoping to attend the elementary school in town; however, she somehow found herself enrolled in Miss Weaver's Academy of the Scientifically Gifted and Ethically Unfettered, where students are turned into mad scientists and evil geniuses.

Text and photographs present school from many cultures.

Children describe what they like about school.