"When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...

When one of Kayla's library books goes missing, King and Kayla's friend Jillian must help her solve the crime.

While exploring ancient catacombs in Egypt, Reeya Rai, her family, and her friend Finlay discover a chamber containing several mysterious statues, and possibly the key to an ancient library--but when an extreme storm threatens to flood the site, Reeya and Finlay have to invent away to protect their find.

"Daisy's classmate, Rachel, knows she returned her library book, but the school librarian has declared it lost. It's up to Detective Daisy to recover the lost book"--

"From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother's hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books suddenly hangs in the balance. While Darcy is struggling to...

An introduction to the early days of the Massachusetts Colony, from the difficulties faced by the Pilgrims to the role of Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

"When Marvin gets lost in the library, he has numerous adventures! He sees a knight fighting a dragon, a damsel in distress, and swashbuckling pirates! The only problem is, he went to the library without his parents' permission, and he gets lost. Can Marvin find his way home? Will they be upset with him?"--Page 4 of cover

"It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives - to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained, of lost souls, of things that go bump before the silence. Before the screaming. And some stories just disappear. Stories printed in old newspapers, broadcast...

Relates the history of the Colony of Pennsylvania from its founding by William Penn in 1681 to statehood in 1787.