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Culca longs to dive, but girls on her native take care of the men. The divers are essential to the survival of the village as the pearls and shells they gather are used for trading. All is not well, however. When Spanish ships full of gold sink in a storm, the divers are taken to recover the treasure, and Culca uses her nimble wits and unflagging bravery to save her brother's life. Female roles and Spanish Colonial exploration of land and peop...

Callie Carson is happy--she finally got an invite to one of the coolest parties of the year. But her night with the inner circle quickly ends when she makes a horrifying discovery: her friend Katherine has been killed.

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long "The Wave, " with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action, " sweeps from the classroom through ...

Shelby's dad provides a luxurious lifestyle for his family through his photography business. However, as reports of girls disappearing from nearby towns start to appear on the news, Shelby's seemingly perfect life begins to fall apart. The three missing girls have one thing in common--they were all clients of her dad's photography business.

Callie Carson is happy--she finally got an invite to one of the coolest parties of the year. But her night with the inner circle quickly ends when she makes a horrifying discovery: her friend Katherine has been killed.

In the spirit of such stories as "I Know What You Did Last Summer, " Strasser updates the teen thriller, delving into the world of blogging and social networking to create an exciting new audiobook.

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A teenage paparazzo makes a dangerous discovery in this timely look at celebrity "that is likely to be snapped up and make a lasting impression" ("School Library Journal"). All Jamie Gordon wants to do is to take pictures of celebrities and maybe to become famous herself. When she gets her hands on some sensational shots of Willow, she's suddenly in over her head.

Watch your back. Kate Blessing may have made it to senior year, but being the boss of her family has taken its toll. With the cracks in the Blessing front starting to show, their weaknesses are becoming apparent. As Kate tries to keep their enemies at bay, she's also pulled back into a love triangle that's about to come to a nasty end. The Blessings may be going down, but as long as Kate's the boss, they're not gonna go down easy.

The horrors of teen violence are explored in this eye-opening novel through the lens of one shattering event where two armed students hold terrified classmates and teachers hostage in a school gym.

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Chi erano Hitler e i nazisti? E come hanno fatto a trascinare un'intera nazione nel loro folle disegno? Ben Ross, insegnante di storia in un liceo di Palo Alto, prova a raccontarlo ai suoi alunni, ma le ragioni di tanto orrore sembrano incomprensibili ai ragazzi. Così il professor Ross decide di ricorrere a un esperimento, utilizzando la classe come un laboratorio. Forma un movimento tra gli studenti, L'Onda, e lo dota di simboli, mo...

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Master storyteller Todd Strasser reimagines the classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future—and takes readers on an epic sci-fi adventure.When seventeen-year-old Ishmael wakes up from stasis aboard the Pequod, he is amazed by how different this planet is from the dirty, dying, Shroud-covered Earth he left behind. But Ishmael isn't on Cretacea to marvel at the fresh air, sunshine, and endless blue ocean. He's here to work, risking his life t...

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