Ages 11 to 12

From strange sports to wild inventions, take a look at the world's weirdest stories--stories too strange to be made up! Each weird book in the series is written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience with a lower level of...

Books in the Magic, Myth, and Mystery series explore those spooky creatures that go bump in the night, fill our dreams (or nightmares!), and make us afraid of the dark. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower...

Global conflict has upended the lives of tens of millions of people. Nearly half of those affected are children. What Makes Me Feel – A Refugee Story follows the lives of three children from different parts of the world for a moment in time as...

In Nest, young readers will celebrate the power of home, families, and love that takes care of those around us and has the power to conquer all even during the stormiest weather.

Elias and Ty have been best friends ever since they discovered a shared love of exploring abandoned places: Elias, for old treasures and artifacts, and Ty, for hauntings and other strange events he can film to build his popularity. So when rumors start...

Growing up comes with growing pains no matter what, but for twelve-year-old Libby, the changes feel like more than she can bear. After an incident caused by his worsening dementia, Libby’s grandfather comes to live with her family, a move that...

From infamous despots to famous philosophers, key characters and facets of the ancient world come alive in this hi-lo series for struggling readers. Written with reluctant readers in mind, considerate text, engaging stories, and intriguing sidebars and...

Meet Suki—a fourteen-year-old girl in sixteenth-century Japan. All she wants is to become a samurai warrior like her father and brother. But all her training attempts end in disaster. Yet when bandits threaten her village while the men are away at...

Meet Alexander—a boy living in Athens, Greece, in 380 BC. The famous Olympic games are just around the corner, and he gets to go and assist one of Athens’ prized athletes. But when the athlete gets sick the day of his competition, can...

Meet Clara—a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915. Major motion-picture companies have moved out to Hollywood, and she’s right in the middle of all the action. When she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry...

Meet Ellie—an enthusiastic, bumbling teenager who is fascinated with Mars. When a misunderstanding lands her in the astronaut training program for the first human mission to Mars, Ellie is determined to prove her worth. The hilarious Long-Lost...

Meet Ahmed—a boy living near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt in 1922. Though he’s grateful for his job as a photographer’s assistant, he’d like to shoot something more interesting than rich tourists in front of the temple in...

Meet Ann—a smart but unlucky teenager keeping a diary of her life as she hunts for dinosaur bones. When she gets an opportunity to search for fossils in the American West, Ann is determined to turn her luck around and show the world her discoveries...

What makes something "smart?" In the Exploring the Internet of Things series, readers discover how inanimate objects, from watches to home speakers to even t-shirts, help people get things done better, faster, and smarter. How can a ring book an Uber?...

Meet Bone and Muscle without them we wouldn't be able to sit, stand, or walk! Readers will join colorful characters to learn about how their skeletal and muscular system supports them. Along the way they'll be introduced to bone marrow, osteoblasts,...

Meet your lungs they help your body take in oxygen! Join colorful characters as they learn how the respiratory system helps to provide cells with the oxygen they need to survive. Readers will learn about respiration, carbon dioxide, diaphragm, lungs,...

Meet your brain they help to direct your movements, focus your eyes, contract your muscles, and sense your surroundings! Join colorful characters as they explore how the nervous system and brain manage to do all this! Readers will learn about the spinal...

Meet the endocrine system it helps regulate your body's many functions! Join colorful characters as they explore how glands regulate the body's systems by releasing hormones. Readers will learn about life cycles, hormones, the reproductive system,...

Meet the digestive system it helps you process tasty foods! Join colorful characters as they explore how the human body removes wastes and gains energy from food. Readers will learn about nutrition, digestion, the mouth, stomach, liver, small intestine,...

Meet your heart they help deliver blood to your entire body! Join them as they introduce readers to the circulatory system and the lifegiving power of blood. This colorful graphic novel will introduce students to red blood cells, platelets, white blood...

Join a group of white blood cells as they work to protect your body from harmful invaders! Readers will join the cells as they learn about the immune system, antibodies, microbes, infections, disease, pandemics, viruses, and bacteria. Students will learn...

Have you ever wondered what your body is made out of? What about how tiny cells create huge organisms? This colorful graphic novel will help you answer those questions by introducing cell structures, organelles, tissues, organs, and the digestive,...

Meet Sound they're a form of energy that we can hear! Sound is here to explain where they come from and how humans can hear. Readers will learn about sound waves, the anatomy of the ear, echo, and why sounds are high or low. They'll meet scientists...

Meet Matter they make up everything that has mass and takes up space! Matter is here to introduce readers to its many properties, including color, texture, size, and shape. Students will shrink down and look inside of matter where they'll learn about...

Meet Matter they make up everything that has mass and takes up space! Matter is here to introduce readers to the states of matter and how it changes. They'll learn about the impacts of heating, cooling, mixing, and separating matter. This colorful...

Meet Magnetism they're the invisible force that causes magnets to work! Magnetism will introduce readers to how magnets function and their relationship with electricity. They'll learn about natural magnetic materials, fields, poles, electromagnetism,...

Meet Light they're the reason we can see the world around us! Light is here to introduce readers to how they help humans. They'll introduce students to absorption and reflection, bending, colors, and invisible light. Readers will learn how the eye works...

Meet Heat they're one of the reasons why life can exist on Earth! Heat is here to introduce readers to thermal energy and its many uses. Students will learn about the sources of heat, expansion, contraction, conduction, convection, conductors, and...

Meet Gravity they're the force that keeps our feet on the ground! They're here to take readers on a journey on Earth and in space to learn about the ways that gravity shapes our reality. Readers will learn about how strength and mass impact gravity, the...

Meet Force and Motion they're here to introduce readers to the world of physical science! Alongside the duo, students will learn about mechanical force, gravity, distance, speed, acceleration, friction, and simple machines. Readers will meet Galileo...

Meet Energy they make everything move and work! Alongside Energy, students will learn the many forms they take, including light, electric, sound, heat, and chemical energy. They'll be introduced to the difference between kinetic and potential energy and...

Meet Electricity they're a form of energy who's here to teach readers about the uses and sources of electricity! Students will learn about how electricity is generated and how humans utilize energy by creating a current. They'll be introduced to...

Join Geology as they take readers on a trip around the world! Students will visit all of Earth's continents as they learn about physical, cultural, and political regions. They'll learn about what makes every continent unique by boating down the Nile in...

Meet Ocean they make up 70 percent of Earth's surface! Alongside Ocean, readers will be introduced to the world's oceans and seas. They'll learn about the layers of the ocean and explore the deepest, leastexplored recesses of the Mariana Trench...

Meet Map they're here to guide readers on a journey around Earth. Alongside Map, students will learn about the different ways we represent land on thematic, inventory, and topographic maps. Readers will be introduced to how to read a map using scales,...

Meet Land, the part of Earth that we live on! Alongside Land, readers will learn about the layers of Earth, different landforms, and the continents. Students will go on a journey around the world they'll meet penguins in Antarctica, climb Mount Fuji in...

Meet Earth, the planet we call home! Earth is here to introduce readers to geography and the ways in which humans shape the planet we live on. Students will journey all the way back to early human history as they learn about our relationship with the...

Meet Fresh Water they're here to introduce you to one of Earth's most valuable resources. Alongside of Fresh Water, students will learn about where to find Earth's drinkable water and the water cycle that creates it. Readers will learn about lakes,...

Meet Earth, the colorful planet that we call home! Though you may not see it, Earth is constantly changing all around you. This graphic novel will introduce readers to the way Earth is changing due to erosion, deposition, weathering, and more. They'll...

Meet Earth, the colorful planet that we call home! Earth is here to introduce readers to many of its features, including layers, seasons, rotation, tilt, orbit, and location in the galaxy. Students will dig into Earth's crust, dive into the hydrosphere,...