"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so...

"Continuing this propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman once persecuted by the Taliban shares her journey to becoming a community activist. As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends...

Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe can get tangled up in textiles, but it's murder that really throws her for a loop. The time has come for San Ladrón, California's annual Miss Tangorli beauty pageant, and Poly has agreed to use Material Girl's inventory of shimmery silks to create embellished gowns fit for a crown. But when millionaire Harvey Halliwell--the man who revived the city's citrus trade with his imported tangorli tree--is found dead days...

"Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe is back in business--this time getting wrapped up in a diabolical but crafty case of murder. With opening day of Material Girl approaching, Poly is stocking up on lush fabrics, colorful notions, and best of all, a proprietary weave of velvet. But upon delivery, it's not quite the blend she expected, being ninety-percent silk and ten-percent corpse. Crushed under a dozen bolts of fabric is Phil Girard. His wife,...

Determined to find his nineteen-year-old uncle and best friend, Jesse, who left for Colorado to find enough gold to pay the mortgage and save the family's Iowa farm, twelve-year-old Early Whittcomb joins up with a barber, his wife, and his daughter on a wagon train heading for the gold fields near Pike's Peak in 1858.

When her estranged husband Dylan's inadvertent dealings with a crime ring bring danger to her doorstep, Grace McIntyre has no choice but to follow him into the witness protection progrm. To safeguard her children, they must all go into hiding as one big happy family. Grace does not know what is worse--having to pretend she is in love with the man who betrayed her trust or keeping ahead of the killers. In hiding, Dylan is all that stands between their...

"An illegal adoption ring--using kidnapped babies--has to be stopped. To gather the necessary evidence, U.S. marshal Serena Summers goes undercover--as a married woman desperate for a baby. Her 'husband' is her own partner, U.S. marshal Josh McCall, whom Serena blames for her brother's death. How can she act like a loving wife when she has to constantly fight her feelings for a man she isn't sure she can trust? The closer they get to unraveling the...

Attacked and left for dead, "Julie Thomas" has amnesia, and doesn't know why anyone would want to hurt her. But when surveillance video of that night shows Julie holding a baby--a baby nowhere to be found--she panics. Is the child hers? Where is she now? With no answers and no place to go, Julie accepts Detective Zach Jone's offer to help her solve both mysteries. The handsome, loyal cop makes her feel safe. But someone is trying very hard to make...

Full of eyewitness accounts, this book reveals what it was like to be part of this devastating conflict. With primary sources, timelines, and insightful accounts that reveal the life-changing experience of war, The American Revolution shines a light on the past and the valuable lessons to be learned from those who witnessed war.