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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.The fire wasn't Marlowe...

Unsuspecting boy. Big-hearted girl. Small-minded town. Invincible summer.Summer, 1955. Calls for equality are sweeping America, but sixteen-year-old Ethan Harper is about to discover just how deep the roots of racism run. When mixed-race Ethan is sent to...

Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent - The TimesAnnabelle has lived in Wolf Hollow all her life: a quiet place, still scarred by two world wars. But when cruel, manipulative Betty arrives in town, Annabelle's calm world is...

After solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson, now available in paperback...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368077569Author Farrah RochonFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Disney PressPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Bestselling author Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious trilogy is a hilarious and inspiring whodunit that weaves together the story of a cold case from 1936 and the story of teen sleuth Stevie Bell in the present. The Truly Devious box set includes all three...

Can surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews' debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of surfing. Born and raised in New York City, Ellie's world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1985.Book InformationISBN 9780440947974Author Harry MazerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bantam Doubleday...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old Latinx transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city’s glamor. He rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her...

Teen and Young Adult Novel Based on Actual World War II Events#1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Boys & Men Fiction, Teen & Young Adult Military Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, and Australia"An action-packed adventure filled with wonderful...

Stevie Bell solved the case of Truly Devious, and now she's taking her detecting skills abroad when she becomes embroiled in a mystery from 1990s England. Another pulse-pounding and laugh-out-loud stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling...

Out of the Easy is set against the vivid backdrop of 1950s New Orleans. Written by New York Times bestselling author Ruth Sepetys, this novel has something for everyone: love, mystery, murder, blackmail and warmth.Josie Moraine wants out of The Big Easy...

The year is 1952. The threat of invasion from the Soviet Union has people in a panic. The government has issued a call to civilians to act as radar - and Teddy, John, Caroline, Eleanor, Bunny, Frank, and Oscar eagerly answer. As members of their high...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316955119Author Herman WoukFormat PaperbackPage Count 317Imprint Time Warner InternationalPublisher Time Warner InternationalWeight(grams) 415g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147516916Author Stacey LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint SpeakPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 141mm * 29mm

'A powerful, heart-racing story of family, fate, and writing your own destiny. Intricately plotted and luminously written - I loved it.' Laura Steven, author of The Society for Soulless GirlsOnce I had four brothers. Three of them are dead. I am next...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Wisconsin Golden Archer Book Award 1979. Nominated for Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1986.Book InformationISBN 9780385375672Author S. E...

After solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142417256Author Sherri L. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

"The Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery." -Jack London. Sinclair's masterpiece is an honest, sometimes brutal, tour de force that opened America's eyes to the struggles and horrors many immigrants endured.Welcome to Chicago during the early 1900s. Upton...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310728108Author Rachel CokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525517665Author James BrandonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Stonewall Book Award (Children/Young Adult) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780062839374Author Abdi NazemianFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint CollinsPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152061654Author Theodore TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

As the Summer of Love comes to an end, 15-year-old Ida Petrovich waits for a father who never comes home. While commercial fishing in Alaska, he is lost at sea, but with no body and no wreckage, Ida and her mother are forced to accept a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544104846Author Jeanette IngoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher Clarion BooksWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338355970Author Sharon CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Scholastic Inc.Publisher Scholastic Inc.Weight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524865603Author Colby Cedar SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint Andrews McMeel PublishingPublisher Andrews McMeel PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338789942Author Emily Inouye HueyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Scholastic PressPublisher Scholastic PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481462525Author Dean HughesFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Atheneum Books for Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of A 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection 2018 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781635830163Author Amy TruebloodFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481462532Author Dean HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Atheneum Books for Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with...

This 80-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525516767Author Melanie CrowderFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Philomel BooksPublisher Philomel BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Philly native Roberta Forest is a precocious rebel with the soul of a poet. The thirteen-year-old is young, gifted, black, and Catholic—although she’s uncertain about the Catholic part after she calls Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite for enslaving people and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062003300Author Maud Hart LovelaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Drawing from historical journals and letters, New York Times bestselling author Laura Elliot weaves a richly detailed tale about the extraordinary Peggy Schuyler and her revolutionary friendship with Alexander Hamilton. Perfect for fans of the smash...