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Borrowers: Book 1 of 5 by Mary Norton
$0.00Add to cartThe Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise—are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee? The British author Mary Norton won the Carnegie Medal for The Borrowers in 1952, the year it was first published in England.
Trapped by George Sullivan
$0.00Add to cartSix stories of people trapped, their lives in peril, and their remarkable rescues.
Baby Jessica Still in Well!
Children Caught in World Trade Center Elevator
Ordeal on Sunken Sub
Blizzard Engulfs Everest Climbers
DC-8 Stowaway Survives!
ISBN: 8-439-86486-6
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
$0.00Add to cartIn this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers’ final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.
ISBN: 978-1-4516-2170-9
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) by Seamus Heaney
$0.00Add to cartBeowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel’s mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath.
ISBN: 0-393-32097-9
Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence by Jeremy Brown
$0.00Add to cartWho shot the crooked lawyer? How did a corpse in the morgue get up and walk around? Most important — who ate the last piece of chocolate cake? CSI Wes Burton and his crew use forensics and bad jokes to solve these cases and more for a total of fifty-one mysteries.
ISBN: 0-439-85551-9
Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket’s Guide by Marvel
$0.00Add to cart*slightly torn*
Against his better judgement, Rocket became a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy…and now he has some thoughts on his teammates and the scum they face.
ISBN: 978-1-60380-395-3
The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolkien
$0.00Add to cartThe period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) — if you do not already know all about these things — much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period. For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise.”
ISBN: 978-0-345-33968-3
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
$0.00Add to cartA gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
ISBN: 0-446-31078-6
Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
$0.00Add to cart*Slightly Damaged*
Using her keen observation skills, 11-year-old Harriet M. Welsch writes down in her notebook what she considers the truth about everyone in and around her New York City neighborhood. When she loses track of her notebook, it ends up in the wrong hands, and before she can stop them, her friends read the sometimes awful things she’s observed and written about each of them. How can Harriet find a way to keep her integrity and also put her life and her friendships back together?
ISBN: 0-06-021910-6
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
$0.00Add to cartThough they’ve lived their entire lives less than five blocks from each other, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders exist in very different worlds. Reuven blends easily into both his secular Jewish faith and his typical American teen life, while Danny’s conservative Hasidic clothes and appearance make him stick out in any crowd. Their improbable friendship teaches them that the differences separating people through cultures and generations are never as great as they seem.
ISBN: 0-449-21344-7
The Horse and His Boy: The Chronicles of Narnia Book 3 by C.S. Lewis
$0.00Add to cartOn a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to escape their harsh and narrow lives, they soon find themselves at the center of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide their fate and the fate of Narnia itself.
ISBN: 978-0-06-447106-0
Young Adult
