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Break out your character shoes, grab your sheet music, and hop on the next flight to Newark, New Jersey, because audition day is here at the most prestigious performing arts high school in the world: Newark Airport High! This year, four first-year students—Maya, Evelyn, Bryce, and Darren—are determined to make their mark by being cast in the mainstage show Les Disposablés (or Les Dis for short, because who has time for all those syllables when you're racing to dance class?). But standing between them and center stage is a formidable force: Mr. Jeremy, this year's mainstage director.

How much do you know about Marian Anderson? Find out the facts you need to know about this singer. You’ll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

Clay has had his fill of home life. A global plague has brought the world to a screeching halt, and with little to look forward to but a summer of video-calling friends, vying with annoying sisters for the family computer, and tuning out his parents’ financial worries, he’s only too happy to retreat to the woods. From the moment the elegant little dog with the ornate collar appears like an apparition among the trees, Clay sees something uncanny in her.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A poignant story of a friendship frozen between life and death, from the award-winning author of Speak. “A fearless, riveting account of a young woman in the grip of a deadly illness.”—The New York Times “Anderson illuminates a dark but utterly realistic...

When Mom brings home a new houseguest from the exotic animal hospital, it sparks a great idea. Naomi decides to form a snake rescue club with her best friend, Emma, and her brother, Nolan. But tensions arise with her next-door neighbor, Taylor, who hates snakes.

When an older couple tells Naomi and the rest of the club about a mean snake at a nearby pond, Naomi dismisses their concerns. After all, a pond is a natural place, and snakes aren’t mean—they’re just snakes.

Beloved and bestselling author John David Anderson returns with the conclusion to the epic sci-fi coming-of-age tale that began in Stowaway, which Booklist called "The Mandalorian meets Guardians of the Galaxy" in a starred review. Leo Fender is no stranger to catastrophe, whether it’s the...

Naomi, Emma, and Taylor are heading to drama camp, but the drama doesn’t stay at camp. Word is spreading about the snake-saving club, and when a local news crew asks to interview the club, things grow tense. Naomi wants to teach people more about snakes, but she’s not the only one who longs for a moment of fame. During the interview, things go from bad to worse. Can Naomi salvage the interview, her drama camp performance, and the club?

Jake and Ryan are staying with their grandmother. Jake is afraid of noises coming from the attic door in his room. Ryan thinks the noise may be from monsters or ghosts. Jake is too afraid to sleep. How will Jake be able to conquer his fear of the attic?

In this story from the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, you’ll learn how the trickster raven brings light back to the world from a greedy chief.

According to local legend, a ghost train passes through Albany at midnight every April 26th, the anniversary of the day President Lincoln's funeral train stopped in the town in 1865.

Sue Ann Hutchins misses her brother Ben, who has left to fight in the Civil War. Ben always kept Sue Ann's spirits up whenever she felt down about an accident that left her blind in one eye. When a chance encounter with General Robert E. Lee arises, Sue Ann asks the General if he can help locate her beloved brother.

Stevie practices tying his shoes and receives the satisfaction of a job well done.

Danny and Jenny met during a kickball game in gym class. After Danny makes a mistake, Jenny makes everything better. What does Jenny do to win Danny’s friendship?

Link up with Max Axiom to learn about the world's coolest webs, food chains, and energy pyramids! Young listeners will unravel the complex systems that keep the world fed.

This audiobook tells the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.

The story takes place primarily in the back garden — a sprawling, magical New Zealand bush and forest that, unknown to most, sits on a Thin Place: a natural crossing point between ordinary reality and Luminos, the Shimmering Realm, a world of pure magic where unicorns, dragons, and fairy-folk live alongside each other. The crossing point is hidden inside a massive, ancient pōhutukawa tree. A young unicorn named Prism has fallen through a crack between realities — pulled off course by the mischief of The Smudge, a villain who is less terrifying monster and more bumbling, grumpy, cloud-grey...

Dive into the silly world of Letter Town, where all the people are letters, but not always what you expect! Join Detective D and Little D, the dynamic duo solving mysteries like who is taking all the rotting vegetables from Letter Town? And who is demolishing that house? And WHY? Will you help find Robber R? Will you lock up Bad B for good? Or will you uncover someone else entirely?

Rosie findet keine Ruhe: sie hat den mächtigsten aller Hexen gegen sich aufgebracht – den König des Nichts. Er will die Welt vernichten und seine unaufhaltsame Macht mithilfe eines legendären Ortes noch weiter steigern: dem Museum der fantastischen Dinge, das aus purem Nebel besteht. Gemeinsam mit Keim und ihren Freunden begibt sich Rosie auf eine gefährliche Reise durch die Galaxie und stellt sich dem König in einem finalen Showdown.

From the author of beloved novels Ms. Bixby’s Last Day and Posted comes a hilarious, heartfelt, and unforgettable novel about a fairy-in-training. Everyone who wishes upon a star, or a candle, or a penny thrown into a fountain knows that you’re not allowed to tell anyone what you’ve wished...