Plot: This is the fourth installment in the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter has had quite an uneventful summer break after his third year at Hogwarts, where he learns magic and magical history. Harry ended up saving his godfather and convicted murderer Sirius Black from death in his previous year. Harry returns to Hogwarts afterContinue reading “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
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Don’t Turn Out the Lights: Presented by the Horror Writers Association
Flesh eating ogres. A life size baby doll that stalks its prey. A terrifying woman who saws off the limbs of naughty children. These stories and more are inside this book, which is guaranteed to scare the ever living snot out of you. Compiling horror stories from 36 separate authors, this book has everything fromContinue reading “Don’t Turn Out the Lights: Presented by the Horror Writers Association”
Harry Potter And the Prisoner of Azkaban
Plot: This is the third book of the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter has evaded Voldemort twice, and survived/killed a basilisk last year. Now, Harry is back to an alarming sight at Hogwarts. The wizard school has been surrounded by dementors, the prison guards of the wizard jail, Azkaban. They’re looking for an escaped prisoner,Continue reading “Harry Potter And the Prisoner of Azkaban”
Bite By Bite: American History Through Feasts, Foods and Side Dishes
Plot: Imagine you had time traveled and brought a man from the colonial times to the present day and showed him only commercials. What would he think about what people today ate? He would probably think we Americans only ate burgers, pizza, and pie. Truth is, we eat a lot more than just the foodsContinue reading “Bite By Bite: American History Through Feasts, Foods and Side Dishes”
They Called Themselves The K.K.K: The Birth of An American Terrorist Group
Plot:The period after the American Civil War was almost as volatile as the war itself. Newly freed slaves would try to use their civil rights, only to be harassed and persecuted by scared and angry whites, including police, democrats, former confederate soldiers, and former slave owners. Six of these angry young men would form aContinue reading “They Called Themselves The K.K.K: The Birth of An American Terrorist Group”
FASHIONOPOLIS: The Secrets Behind the Clothes We Wear(Young Readers Edition)
Do you wear jeans? Or do you prefer inexpensive t-shirts that you can get almost anywhere? How about designer clothes like Levi’s, Gap, or Disney? Guess what? While on the outside, the clothes made by these brands seem like they were made in a clean, safe space and don’t harm the environment, behind the scenes,Continue reading “FASHIONOPOLIS: The Secrets Behind the Clothes We Wear(Young Readers Edition)”
Lockwood and Co. The Screaming Staircase
Plot: Lucy Carlyle is a girl living in a dark age of England. For around 50 years, ghosts have been coming back from the dead. Some of these ghosts are harmless and pose no real danger to people, while some are murderous and an misadventure with one can lead to catastrophic results. To help stopContinue reading “Lockwood and Co. The Screaming Staircase”
BAN THIS BOOK
Plot: Fourth grader Amy Anne Ollinger gets the shock of her life when her favorite book , “From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” gets banned from the library of Shelbourne Elementary school. She finds out that her pet peeve Trey’s mother has been banning all the books she deemed “inappropriate”. AmyContinue reading “BAN THIS BOOK”
LIFEBOAT
Plot: 13 year old Kenneth Sparks is about to make a life changing journey across the Atlantic. The year is 1940 and the Nazis are bombing London, day and night. To keep their child safe, Ken’s parents enroll him in the CORB(Children’s Overseas Reception Board) program in which children leave UK and go to differentContinue reading “LIFEBOAT”
WEAPON A Visual History of Arms and Armor
People have used a lot of weapons since we learned how to make tools. From flint knives and stone axes, broadswords and claymores, Berettas and AK47s, this book covers them all! Each page in this encyclopedia is about weapons like combat knives, katanas and wazikashis, halberds(crosses between spears and axes), flintlocks and pre world warContinue reading “WEAPON A Visual History of Arms and Armor”
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