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Sunny has a political awakening after watching the news coverage of the infamous Love Canal environmental disaster. She is especially disturbed that poisonous chemicals were seeping into people's basements “That's where kids always hang out!” (It's where SHE and her friends hang out.) • She and her friend Dev decide they want to start an after-school debate club to debate political issues. At first, they can't find a teacher to sponsor their club because they are at a big football school. Finally, their quirky English teacher, Mr. C, sponsors the club and they start debating. Eventually, these two public school kids go on to win second in the state championship, debating Main Line private school kids. Along the way, she learns how to debate both sides of the issue and most importantly how to speak up

May 7, 1846 • Our expedition is big and gettin' bigger. Two hundred wagons and more every day! When folks hear where we're headed they sell their land for ten cents on a dollar and buy a wagon and follow along. George Donner and his brother Jacob organized the train with their friend James Reed. Mr. Donner don't mind all the extra folks. He says there's safety in numbers, and plenty of food along the way. All the game we can hunt, and good water for the horses • Ho! For California! • William Deeds is an orphan with nothing to his name except the two hundred dollars he got in exchange for his family's farm, and a horse named Barney. So, he is ecstatic when Mr. George Donner lets him "tag along" on his expedition to California. All he wants is to "eat a fresh peach in December and never be cold

Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive board books for hands on learning! • An exciting new series of early learning novelty board books that combine Scholastic's strength in learning with beautiful photography and clear designs to stimulate early learning • Write and Wipe ABC 123 shows children how to write the letters of the alphabet (capitals and lower case) and for each letter, provides pictures and words for children to trace. For the numbers, there are objects to count and both the numeral and the number word to trace • Perfect for helping children who are learning to write their letters and numbers • Comes with a wipe-clean pen that clips into the book • The glossy board is easy to wipe clean, so that children can have lots of practice

Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive board books for hands on learning! • An exciting new series of early learning novelty board books that combine Scholastic's strength in learning with beautiful photography and clear designs to stimulate early learning • Wipe Clean Workbooks - Kindergarten is a colourful, wipe-clean workbook to support children in their early learning • Provides plenty of practice for children on a wide range of early learning topics. A wipe-clean pen is provided, the wirobound book lies flat, and the glossy card pages are easy to wipe clean so that children can practice until they have really mastered a topic • This Kindergarten book focuses on writing letters, letter sounds (at the beginning, middle, and end of words), letter sequence, rhyming, matching words, writing numbers, counting, odds and evens, ordinals, sequencing shapes, volume, sorting and time

Scholastic Early Learners: Introduce preschoolers to the world of science with this full-color workbook full of fun learning activities to spark an early interest in STEAM! "The Big Book of Science" is a full-color workbook that introduces preschoolers to early science topics and encourages them to ask questions about their world. It includes age-appropriate facts and activities that teach basic science concepts, such as senses, life cycles, animals, electricity and more. Give Pre-K kids a head-start on school readiness and build future success with this interactive workbook! A first science workbook for preschoolers! Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive books for hands-on learning. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders, too!

Scholastic Early Learners: Help your child develop their fine motor, observation, and memory skills with this large-format puzzle. With a different touch element on every piece and a sturdy box with a touch and carry handle, this is a great activity for little hands to take on-the-go • Help develop your child's fine motor skills with this large-format puzzle! Each piece features a different farm animal and a unique touch and feel element. The large pieces are just right for a toddler's tiny hands, and the easy-carry handle allows them to take this game on the go. These touch and explore puzzles build hand-eye coordination, provide opportunities to practice matching for math and science readiness, and develop a child's observation and memory skills

Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive books for hands-on learning. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders, too! • A strong educational foundation helps ensure a child is able to benefit from the learning opportunities available at preschool. In Pre-K Big Skills Workbook: Tracing and Mazes, children in preschool can practice the key learning concepts of writing and penmanship in a more in-depth way • The bright colourful pages with a delightful blend of photographs and illustrations make these workbooks some of the most eye-catching and engaging available for this age group. And two pages of stickers will help reinforce the learning and keep little ones excited about entering preschool!

Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: Space Science series gives the youngest reader (Ages 6-7) an introduction to Space. Each book includes chapters that help readers identify key details while the photographs, and other text features encourage students to make connections on thier own

Maya Reynolds has practically grown up in her family's Brooklyn pizza shop, Soul Slice, and is a true city girl. When her family moves to a small town in Pennsylvania to open another pizza place, everything changes • Being the new girl is hard enough. At Soul Slice 2.0, Maya is assigned delivery duty. And her first delivery is a disaster. Can you make a worse impression than tripping... and falling face-first into a rude boy's pizza order? • When that same rude - and, okay, cute - boy shows up at her school, Maya's convinced nothing can go right. But she may be in for some surprises. Could good friends, secret crushes, and creative pizza toppings turn Maya's new home into her own slice of heaven?

The stunning third book in Jennifer A. Nielsen's New York Times bestselling Traitor's Game series! • Simon and Kestra are hurtling down paths ever farther from each other as the battle for control of Antora rages • Simon, newly king of the Halderians, is pressed on all sides by royal duties. Harlyn Mindell is his betrothed and intended queen, but Simon can't give up hope for a life with Kestra • Kestra, exiled, feels her magic growing - and despite everyone's warnings, she knows she must embrace it. That power is the key to the kingdom's future • Both still strive to defeat the evil Lord Endrick, but danger awaits them on the murky road forward. And is a common enemy enough to help them survive - or to carry them back to each other? • Jennifer A. Nielsen delivers breathtaking twists and shocking revelations in an epic and action-packed third installment of The Traitor's Game

Everyone wants to give their friend Clifford a special birthday present. But the blow-up ball gets blown up, the pinata gets smashed, the sweater is too small, and the beauty parlor gift certificate just doesn't seem exactly right. Finally, Clifford gets the best present of all: a visit from some special folks he hasn't seen in a long time! • Series Information: With his larger-than-life stories and his huge heart, Clifford the Big Red Dog has entertained children since 1963. Though he began as a tiny puppy, Clifford grew into the biggest dog around, and he and his owner, Emily Elizabeth, have lots of adventures together! Incorporating simple, colorful illustrations and fun-to-read stories into a range of formats, from board books to beginning readers, the Clifford series appeals to a variety of ages

In the new book in Tedd Arnold's New York Times bestselling Fly Guy series, it's Christmazzz Eve and Fly Guy doesn't have a present to give his best friend, Buzz. But when he goes out to look for one, Fly Guy meets a stranger in the house whom he has to fight off with his ninja action. Will Fly Guy defeat the stranger? Will he find a present for Buzz? • Even reluctant readers will enjoy this fun, zany holiday story about Fly Guy meeting Santa Claus, knocking over the Christmas tree, and showing off his crazzzy ninja moves!