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Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey. What do they have in common? They were all normal kids with big ambitions. And, they were all very successful. Success is not guaranteed in life but the following mathematical formula must be followed if success is to be achieved....

Fancy Girl by Jasen Sousa is a novel in poems which tells the coming of age story of Deanna Keight, a teenage single mom who is struggling to raise her daughter Madelyn inside of the Mystic Housing Developments in Somerville, Massachusetts. Deanna is a brash, but capable teen who is stuck at a point...

I CALL it a Boy's Town because I wish it to appear to the reader as aHarper's Young People will like to know what a boy of forty years ago was like, even if he had no very exciting adventures or thread-bare escapes; perhaps I mean hair-breadth escapes; but it is the same thing – they have been used...

A fictional story about a large turkey named Tom. He appears on Thanksgiving Day and plays games with our grandchildren. The children love Tom as he plays soccer and tag football with them all afternoon. They invite him for dinner and he enjoys a Holiday Feast. Read the story and find out why Tom is so happy.

This book introduces students and the general public to the post-Stalinist phase of totalitarianism, focusing on Romania under the Ceausescu dictatorship, through the dual optic of scholarship and fiction, in a story about a family surviving difficult times under a totalitarian regime due to the strength of their love.

Gleason's normal day turns into an adventure he will never forget!The young giraffe'sinnocent curiosity lands him at the North Pole where he must stayuntil next Christmas. When it is finally time to go home, he is called upon to make a very, verydifficult decision.

THIS BOOK IS A COMBINATION OF LETTERS WHICH WERE SENT TO CADEN AND KAYLEE WHEN THEIR BELOVED HALLOWEEN DECORATION, SPOOKY, DECIDED TO MYSTERIOUSLY (WINK) LEAVE THEIR SAFE HOME AND SEE WHAT ADVENTURES HE COULD HAVE IN THIS GREAT BIG WORLD.

TRAPPED! May graduates K9 Spy boot camp and returns home to find her archenemy’s plan to destroy the USA is counting down. She leads her family to safety, but suddenly, their haven becomes a trap. Join Agent May on her first official mission as she learns the secrets of Resolute Mountain, confronts...

In the series of narratives to which this volume pertains, we offer to the readers of the Rollo Books a continuation of the history of our little hero, by giving them an account of the adventures which such a boy may be supposed to meet with in making a tour in Europe. The books are intended to be...

According to Wikipedia: "Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. .. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington,...

The story of the great general of Carthage, whose strategy against the Romans made him a military genius. Suitable for Grade 5-6 readers.

Ten-year-old Jake Robertson and his best friends decide to form a tree house club for all of the kids in their neighborhood. But, the requirement for being elected into the club is to eat a live worm and keep it down without throwing up. Jake's club quickly becomes the most popular place for kids...

Storytime: A Brand New Series of Illustrated eBooks for Kids From St George and the Dragon to The Lost City of Atlantis, this classic collection features some of the world's best-loved children's stories in an easy eBook format. Ready to read at the touch of a button and beautifully illustrated throughout,...

According to Wikipedia: "William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 March 27, 1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams. He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools...