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With a foreword by Dred Scott's great-grandson, Shelia P. Moses' stunning story chronicles Dred Scott's experiences as a slave, as a plaintiff in one of the most important legal cases in American history, and, at last, as a free man. Dred Scott's story is one of tremendous courage and fierce determination. His is a life that should be known by, and should inspire, all Americans.

Sommaren är i full gång och Bibis föräldrar åker på semester och lämnar Bibi med mormor Greta. Men mormor Greta är inte som andra mormödrar; hon bär shorts och T-shirt, tackar aldrig nej till en fest och dessutom är hon en av världens bästa häxor! Så när Greta bestämmer sig för att ta med Bibi till en hemlig träff med de vilda häxorna blir Bibi jätteglad! Men allt går inte riktigt enligt planerna och längs vägen får Bibi stifta många nya bekantskaper, vara med om en häxfest och se en drake.

Slå ørerne ud og tag med på eventyr i det farverige Smølfeland med Smølfine, Gammelsmølf, Musiksmølf, Stærksmølf, Digtersmølf, Smilesmølf og alle de andre herlige små, blå væsener. Hør, hvad der sker, når Altmuligsmølf gerne vil flyve, når Bagersmølf løber tør for æg til sin kage, når Pyntesmølfs spejlbillede lige pludselig kommer til live, eller når Gargamel gang på gang forsøger at spolere Smølfernes fredelige hverdag med sine onde planer og farlige eliksirer.

In this book about friendship, a little boy and his big dragon have tons of fun playing together at home, outdoors, in the pool and at the beach, making music and reading, and caring for the baby brother.

Rex Dexter is cursed...with brains...and daring...and more than his fair share of devilish good looks. But also with an actual curse: dead animals keep showing up in his bedroom, wanting him to solve their murders. After successfully sleuthing a series of endangered animal assassinations, Rex is pretty sure he's home free, spiritually speaking. But that's when he finds a 2,000-pound narwhal in his beanbag chair. And this tough guy is dead. And super crabby about it.

It's time for Moorepark Middle School's annual Speak Out Challenge, and Billy Broccoli thinks he's got it made. With his best friend Hoover Porterhouse - the ghost with the most - by his side, Billy's got the competition in the bag. Who wouldn't vote for a demonstration on mind reading? But when Billy lands a spot on the seventh grade team, he starts spending more time with his new teammates than he does with Hoover. And the Hoove plays second fiddle to no one! If Billy's not careful, his secret weapon might vanish.

Pleskit Meenom, the first alien to go to school on Earth, is starting to fit in with his new class. It's not easy, given how slippery the language is. (Just how many meanings does the word "cool" have, anyway?) But the biggest problem is Jordan Lynch, the class bully who just can't resist picking on the new kid. Finally Pleskit and his new best friend, Tim Tompkins, decide to take action. But taking action when you have alien technology at your disposal can mean taking things just a little too far...and we do mean little!

When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: “So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. - Gabe” Ethan knows that the "someone" must be his little sister, Emma, who keeps climbing out of bed to play. She obviously needs a monster to help her get to sleep, but not his monster! Will Ethan lose Gabe forever?