HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册OneSmallStepforSpork（《外星人迈出一小步》）的主题是 协作 ，讲的是：太棒了，外星人Spork终于赢得独自探险徽章了！他现在只要返回他的星球领取徽章就可以了。另外，撞坏的宇宙飞船也修

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment. Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experiencedby Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong"side.

It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Onlyone man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died inhis pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father. At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he neverknew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. Andso, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to facethe earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach thetop, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasmin the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end.Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him.Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for thefinal ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky. His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatestmountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make theassault himself.

Fishing. This is it, the big time. Mikey's 13, a deckhandworking on a charter boat in Hawaii. Working for the best skipperanywhere, his stepdad, Bill. Before Bill came along, it was justMikey and his mom. Now they're a real family, and Mikey has alittle brother. He can't believe how lucky he is. And now he'slearning from the best, even though he's only 13. Because Billbelieves in him. And Mikey won't let him down. He loves fishing andbeing out on the boat. But some seas, some fish, and some charterclients are a lot tougher to handle than Mikey ever imagined. TakeErnie and Cal-they chartered Bill's boat for three days and they?reout for the adventure of their lives. Now it's up to Mikey and Billto deliver it. --From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

八岁的雷梦拉，再开学就要上小学三年级了。她在学校里爱出风头，却又担心别人说她是讨厌鬼；对家里的食物挑挑拣拣，却在自己被罚亲手做过一次晚餐之后理解了妈妈；她生病时，会装出很痛苦的样子引起他人的同情；她有着丰富的想象力，写出了一篇精彩绝伦的读书报告……总之，当你读这本书的时候，你会真切地感受到雷梦拉就是你身边的人，而且她是那么真实、聪明、可爱。 Ramona likes being big enough to be counted on, but musteverything depend on her? Mrs. Quimby has gone back to work so thatMr. Quimby can go back to school, and Ramona is expected to be goodfor Mrs. Kemp while her parents are away, to be brave enough toride the school bus by herself, and to put up with being teased byDanny the Yard Ape. In Ramona’s world, being eight isn’t easy, butit’s never dull! Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is the sixth book in theRamona series and the second to receive a Newbery

In the rugged landscape of early frontier Texas, fourteen-year-old Travis is faced with taking over his family's farm and making a painful, important decision.

HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册LibrariansoftheGalaxy（《外星人的真相》）的主题是 接纳 ，讲的是：Grace真不敢相信自己的好运气，大作家LucyHarper要来他们学校了。LucyHarper的书写得非常好，但是她笔下的外星人都是坏蛋。Grace

Palmer LaRue is running out of birthdays. For as long as hecan remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten––the day he'll takehis place beside all the other ten-year-old boys in town, the dayhe'll be a wringer. But Palmer doesn't want to be a wringer. It'sone of the first things he learned about himself and it's one ofthe biggest things he has to hide. In Palmer's town being a wringeris an honor, a tradition passed down from father to son. Palmercan't stop himself from being a wringer just like he can't stophimself from growing one year older, just like he can't stand up toa whole town––right? Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli's mostpowerful novel yet is a gripping tale of how one boy learns how notto be afraid.

HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册PlanetoftheEggs（《等待孵蛋》）的主题是 耐心 ，讲的是：Newton有一个秘密，嘘，千万别告诉别人。他要带一只刚孵出来的小鸡去参加农场日活动，当然，前提是，如果他的鸡蛋能孵出小鸡的话

Jake Semple is a scary kid. Word has it that he burned downhis old school and then was kicked out of every other school in hishome state. Only weeks into September, the middle school inTraybridge, North Carolina, has thrown him out, too. Now there’sonly one place left that will take him—a home school run by themost outrageous, forgetful, chaotic, quarrelsome family you’ll evermeet. Each and every Applewhite is an artist through andthrough—except E.D., the smart, scruffy girl with a deep longingfor order and predictability. E.D. and Jake, so nearly the sameage, are quickly paired in the family’s first experiment in“cooperative education.” The two clash immediately, of course. Theonly thing they have in common is the determination to survive thefamily’s eccentricities. In Stephanie S. Tolan’s hilarious tale, alocal production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC—directed, stagecrafted,choreographed, and costumed by Applewhites—brings the familytogether and shows E.D. and Jake the value of the spec

What was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learnabout the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling abouttheir forced journey from Africa to the United States, their workin the fields and houses of their owners, and their passion forfreedom. You will never look at life the same way again.

Minutes before the train pulled into the station inJenkinsville, Arkansas, Patty Bergen knew something exciting wasgoing to happen. But she never could have imagined that her summerwould be so memorable. German prisoners of war have arrived to maketheir new home in the prison camp in Jenkinsville. To the rest ofher town, these prisoners are only Nazis. But to Patty, a youngJewish girl with a turbulent home life, one boy in particularbecomes an unlikely friend. Anton relates to Patty in ways that hermother and father never can. But when their forbidden relationshipis discovered, will Patty risk her family and town for theunderstanding and love of one boy?

七万年前，原始人类在濒临灭绝的严峻情况下勉强幸存，七万年后，拥有先进文明与高端科技的人类又再一次面临灭绝危机…… 瘟疫虽然有了最终的解药，伊麻里组织却依旧进逼着全世界，阿瑞斯更是引爆了遍布在南极洲周围的水雷，融化的古代冰层形成一场大洪水，迅速侵袭世界各地。此时，凯特跟大卫收到一组来自外层空间的加密信号，他们知道这段信号是阻止伊麻里的关键，必须尽快解开密码，于是，一行人穿过传送门来到了亚特兰蒂斯的烽火系统……随着亚特兰蒂斯记忆拼图的逐渐完成，人类世界起源的面纱即将揭开，过去与现在相互角力，的结局，人类将何去何从？

HowtoBeanEarthling（《外星小子来地球》）系列讲述了外星人Spork登陆地球，与一群三年级小学生一起完成获得星系徽章任务的故事。为了获得徽章，Spork需要了解地球人的行为，他们是否诚实、尊重他人、有责任感？如何才能成为一名地球人？ 每个故事关注一种正能量好品德，包括勇气、耐心、自控力等，让孩子跳出自己的生活框架，从外星人的角度思考，获得成长所需的情商教育。 每册故事后是精心设计的趣味题目，用选择、判断、补充句子等多种形式，帮助孩子复习故事中的主题，引导孩子举一反三，学会处理问题，同时锻炼想象力、观察力、思考能力、阅读能力等。 本册ParksandWrecks（《公园大改造》）的主题是 慷慨 ，讲的是：嗖！外星人Spork把球踢过了墙头，Trixie爬上那堵旧砖墙，意外地发现了一个被遗忘的花园。喷泉坏了，长椅也倒了。不过，如果Trixie

Greta had always loved the fog—the soft gray mist that rolledin from the sea and drifted over the village. The fog seemed tohave a secret to tell her. Then one day when Greta was walking inthe woods and the mist was closing in, she saw the dark outline ofa stone house against the spruce trees—a house where only an oldcellar hole should have been. Then she saw a surrey come by,carrying a lady dressed in plum- colored silk. The woman beckonedfor Greta to join her, and soon Greta found herself launched on anadventure that would take her back to a past that existed onlythrough the magic of the fog.

Never out of print since its 1944 publication, this tender story offers readers of all ages a timeless message of compassion and understanding. At its heart is Wanda Petronski, an immigrant girl in an American school, who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. When she tells her classmates that she has one hundred dresses at home, she unwittingly triggers a game of teasing that eventually ends in a lesson for all. In restoring the reproduction of Louis Slobodkin's artwork, this new edition recaptures the original vivid color. And to celebrate the book's enhanced beauty, Helena Estes, the daughter of the author, has written a new letter to readers about the true story behind The Hundred Dresses.

Sara’s life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swanson the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sarais forced to see her life in a whole new way.

在线阅读本书 The accolades speak for themselves: "Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in theturbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes to appreciate thegenerous affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, theisolating distance in her mother's grief over losing a secondchild, the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostilityon foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exilefrom a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen....Aremarkable blend of truth and storytelling." -- Booklist ,starred review "An insightful memory's-eye-view of her childhood...Young Jean is astrong character, and many of her reactions to people and eventsare timeless and universal."-- School Library Journal ,starred review "Told with an abundance of humor--sometimes wry, sometimesmischievous and irreverent--the story is vibrant with atmosphere,personalities, and a palpable sense of place." -- The HornBook "Every now and then a book comes along that makes me want to

Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel throughoutthirteenthcentury England with his father, a wandering minstrel,and his dog, Nick. But when Nick is stolen and his fatherdisappears, Adam suddenly finds himself alone. He searches the sameroads he traveled with his father, meeting various people along theway. But will Adam ever find his father and dog and end hisdesperate search?

Grade 5-8-As Martha andher family prepare for their annual summer visit to New England,the mother of her deceased classmate comes to their door. OliveBarstow was killed by a car a month earlier, and the woman wants togive Martha a page from her daughter's journal. In this singleentry, the 12-year-old learns more about her shy classmate than sheever knew: Olive also wanted to be a writer; she wanted to see theocean, just as Martha soon will; and she hoped to get to knowMartha Boyle as "she is the nicest person in my whole entireclass." Martha cannot recall anything specific she ever did to makeOlive think this, but she's both touched and awed by theircommonalities. She also recognizes that if Olive can die, so canshe, so can anybody, a realization later intensified when Marthaherself nearly drowns. At the Cape, Martha is again reminded thatthings in her life are changing. She experiences her first kiss,her first betrayal, and the glimmer of a first real boyfriend, andher relationship with Godbee, her elderly

Following the turn of the seasons, eleven year old Eldontraces the daily routines of his life on a farm and hisrelationship with his older brother Wayne. During the winter, withlittle work to be done on the farm, Eldon and Wayne spend the quiethours with their family, listening to their Uncle David's stories.But Eldon soon learns that, although he has lived on the same farm,in the same house with his uncle for eleven springs, summers, andwinters, he hardly knows him. When Uncle David tells the story of The Woodcutter, Eldonimmediately understands that this story is different from anyother. It is a powerful and terrible story that changes everythingfor the brothers.