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In the third book in the Asha and Baz series, readers learn about secret codes and how to break them from World War II codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman!A secret code and a mysterious prize up for grabs at school prompts Asha and Baz to once more use their magic stick to travel to the past. This time they land in 1942, where they meet Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaker working with the US Navy.She's the perfect person to help the kids with their codebreaking challenge, but she's hard at work decoding secret messages from Nazi spies!With a navy officer pressuring Elizebeth to work quickly and the Allied war efforts at risk, the kids could be in for more than they expected in Asha and Baz Meet Elizebeth Friedman!Themes of: women in STEM/STEAMwomen in historyAmerican historycode breaking

From the creator of the Math Kids comes a new educational early reader series!

In this fun addition to Caroline Fernandez's Asha and Baz chapter book series, The Great Volcano Challenge sends Asha and Baz to 1973 to meet with volcanologist Katia Krafft!

Hidden cameras, secret operations, and new math concepts await in the Math Kids' ninth adventure!

With their vacation plans and the safety of London at risk, the Math Kids are in for their most complexcase yet!After a tough end to the school year, the Math Kids-Jordan, Justin, Stephanie, and Catherine-take ajet to London for an exciting summer vacation. But between exploring the city and seeing the sights,they're quickly drawn into investigations of terrorist activity.Authorities are on high alert because of threats to landmarks across the city. But there's something oddabout the messages. Working alongside Bobby, a police officer tasked with being their trip guide, thekids must uncover the true purpose of a mysterious online message board or risk being sent homeearly.

In this exciting sequel to Caroline Fernandez's Asha and Baz chapter book series, the kids travel throughtime to meet Hedy Lamarr, a famous actress and inventor.

Jordan and Justin are best friends and the only two kids in their class's advanced math group. So it isn't until Stephanie Lewis marches into their classroom that they meet someone who's as good with numbers as they are. Their shared interest in math quickly draws them together, and the three soon form The Math Kids. Unfortunately, life as math club kids isn't always easy. In addition to extra homework, the three friends have two new problems. First, a string of mysterious burglaries has the whole neighbourhood on edge, including their parents. Then, they manage to earn unwanted attention from Robbie, the class bully. Luckily, Jordan, Justin, and Stephanie soon learn that their new club may give them the skills they need to solve both problems.

A Mysterious Will Launches The Math Kids Into Their Riskiest Adventure Yet!When FBI Special Agent Carlson is kidnapped while investigating the plane crash of Willard Howell, an eccentric billionaire inventor, the Math Kids spring into action. If Catherine, Stephanie, Justin, and Jordan can figure out the Great Triangle mentioned in Howell's will, they might just uncover who's behind the crash and Agent Carlson's kidnapping-if they don't get caught themselves!This Middle Grade Book- introduces readers to mathematical patterns- features an action-packed plot with international intrigue- includes an appendix for hand-on learning

Lucy wants an adventure. Dee just wants to find his missing parents. When they chance upon a hidden road and the lord of stone offers them a quest, the opportunity for both arises. All they have to do is befriend a young emperor-which would be a lot easier if he wasn't a royal pain and an angry queen didn't want him dead.

When Stephanie Lewis finds secret writing in the margin of an old book in the library, The Math Kids have a new puzzle to solve. But first, they'll have to learn about codes and ciphers and how they can use their math skills to solve them. As one clue leads to another, the kids are drawn into the mysterious old house that overlooks the town. Is it really haunted like some of the townspeople say? And who is the man in the long beard who keeps showing up everywhere they go?But that's not their only problem. The town's financial problems might mean the cancellation of the math competition they've worked so hard for. Jordan, Stephanie, Justin, and Catherine will need to use all their problem-solving skills to figure out the clues before it's too late.

Imagine the son of Cinderella and Noah. That's Alabaster Ash, professional window washer and amateur foot fetishist, thrall to his three physically fit, brutally aggressive stepsisters. After polishing foot after foot of glass in the gingerbread city of Candyland and cleaning up after the "e;wicked stairmasters,"e; he haunts the bars and streets looking for love and appreciation-or a really nice pair of feet. Like it or not, Alabaster finds himself reliving and reimagining his parents' lives as he roams from bar to bar, from thrill ride to stunt show in the linguistic funland that is Ark.

Isabel Wixon is weird. Not only does she see dead things, but her list of friends consists of a talkative ventriloquist's dummy and the gentlemanly spider that lives in her hair. Real friends? Too hard. Inventing friends is much easier. Inventing the Boatmana terrible monster that lures kids into a strange sleeping sickness and never lets them goprobably wasn't one of her better ideas though.

A nanobot superorganism lays waste to the Earth. Is this the apocalypse? Or does the world's end harbor new beginnings? Life will always find a way. Though some ways are better than others.Evolution on steroids and crack cocaine the most significant development since inanimate matter first gave rise to life. You can't predict novel evolutionary developments, you recognize them only after they emerge.Then you have to deal with them.

Dethbert Jones is your average ten-year-old - only he lives on the planet Crank with his pet chicken-snail, Precious, and his robot best friend Andi Social. When he and Andi join the Space Cadets, a Scouts-like organization, they are totally smooshed at the prospect of going to Space Camp where they'll learn to pilot a real shuttlecraft and disintegrate weapons of mass destruction. Blamtastic! To earn his cosmic correspondent badge, Dethbert begins writing to an earthling - and boy, does he have a lot to write about! Between questions about Earth food, culture, and activities, Dethbert recounts his experiences attempting to avoid his horrible little sister, impress his animal-obsessed crush, and fly a space shuttle. Misadventures - from hairy ankles to crash landings - abound, but Dethbert's curiosity and enthusiasm can't be crushed, not by anything in this galaxy, anyway!

The population of Ooolandia (a world much like our own but with an extra "O") is hypnotized by the culture of MORE. Citizens of all kinds and colors go about their lives unaware that hidden in the fog of everydayness a great calamity is approaching. Banshooo, an amazingly mindful monkey, works for the Ooolandian Department of Nature with his colleague a mathlete mouse. Together they have amassed data proving, beyond any doubt, that the natural world is losing the stability necessary to sustain life. Unfortunately, their warnings are ignored by the authorities who are planning to phase out nature altogether. Freaky winds, icy earthquakes, and mutant anemones plague the landscape. After a wildly devastating storm, Banshooo has a vision revealing the connection between Ooolandia and the Unseen World -- a connection that lies deep within and far beyond all that is seen. This connection is vital to Ooolandia's survival, and it is fraying. He realizes he must take radical action. Along with his quirky sidekick (a one-off of unique appearance whose primary interest is snacking), he sets out on a journey beyond the surface of the Seen to bring back proof of the true nature of nature.