《星期三的战争》 讲述七年级学生霍林在一个学年里的生活和学习经历： 每个星期三下午都是一场灾难，因为班上的一半同学要去犹太教堂学习希伯来文，另一半则要到天主教堂参加教义问答，作为班里唯一的一名基督徒，霍林不得不与严肃的贝克夫人一起待在教室。不苟言笑的贝克夫人似乎总在刁难霍林， 罚 他清理黑板擦、打扫教室、整理大老鼠笼子 在种种手段都宣告失败后，贝克夫人使出了最致命的一招 让霍林阅读 冗长 而 乏味 的莎士比亚作品 于是，一场旷日持久的 战争 在两人之间悄然展开。
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time.
After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends--Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!
Now a major motion picture! The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.
“驭风少年”坎宽巴出生在非洲东南部内的马拉维，这里被联合国列为世界不发达国家之一，巫术、饥荒和瘟疫是这片土地的关键词。坎宽巴小学毕业就辍学在家了，但他仅凭对知识的好奇心和图书馆里的几本科学教材，就用各种废铜烂铁造出了风车发电机。 坎宽巴的故事被渐渐传播开来，不仅为他自己赢得了改变命运的机会，更他向着改变祖国的梦想又进一步，同时还鼓舞着全世界每一个正在奋斗的人。 William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magicruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land witheredby drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and hedreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a setof luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy:electricity and running water. His neighbors called himmisala--crazy--but William refused to let go of his dreams. With asmall pile of once-forg
The Geronimo Stilton Academy: Comprehension Pawbooks have been developed to build on children's interest in the Geronimo Stilton series to develop their literacy skills through structured exercises. Designed to fuel children's interest in reading, this series engages children and makes the learning of English enjoyable.Each workbook contains-Authentic excerpts from the Geronimo Stilton series.-Structured practices to develop children's reading skills.-Variety of question types comprising whilst-reading questions, comprehension questions and graphics-based activities at different levels of difficulty to ensure thorough understanding of the text.-Fun activities at the end of each section that are related to the excerpts to engage and motivate students to read.1 For use with .
Nancy, Bess, and George travel to Emerson for the Emerson University June Week celebration to visit Ned, Burt, and Dave. They are invited to stay with John Rorick at his mansion on Pine Hill and soon become entangled in a mystery involving a lost family heirloom and a phantom haunting Pine Hill.
What does it mean to earn the Silver Oakleaf? So few men havedone so. For Will, a mere boy, that symbol of honor has long feltout of reach. Now, in the wake of Araluen’s uneasy truce with theraiding Skandians comes word that the Skandian leader has beencaptured by a dangerous desert tribe. The Rangers are sent to freehim. But the desert is like nothing these warriors have seenbefore. Strangers in a strange land, they are brutalized bysandstorms, beaten by the unrelenting heat, tricked by one tribethat plays by its own rules, and surprisingly befriended byanother. Like a desert mirage, nothing is as it seems. Yet onething is constant: the bravery of the Rangers. In this red-hot adventure, winner of the Australian Book of theYear Award for Older Children, John Flanagan raises the stakes onthe series that has already sold millions of copies worldwide.
Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into a ground-breaking animation studio. A college dropout, Jobs took unconventional steps in his path to success and inspired the best and the brightest to come with him and "change the world."
