When a group of friends starts getting together to play an old game that they discovered in a basement called "Black Magic," they begin to discover that the game's promise of granting good fortune at the expense of enemies is coming true, to a horrific extent.

An introduction to the stomach and other parts of the digestive system and how they function.

"A gamer must rescue his crew and captain from an alien invasion, with a talking robot as his only aid, when he plays this virtual reality video game"--

Explains the origins and importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the U.S. Constitution.

"Robots help us understand our universe. Some fly to distant planets. Others work alongside astronauts in space. And some drive across the surface of Mars. How do these robots work, and what are they doing today? Read this book to find out!"--Provided by the publisher.

A retelling of the biblical story of mankind's fall from grace. Milton's epic opens shortly after the dramatic expulsion of Satan and his army of angels from Heaven. What follows is a cosmic battle between good and evil that ranges across vast, splendid tracts of time and space, from the wild abyss of Chaos and the fiery lake of Hell to the Gate of Heaven and God's newly created paradise, the Garden of Eden. Controversy still swirls around Milton's...

"Trouble hits paradise when accidents start befalling tourists on a Pacific island. Local legend has it that the locale is cursed after nuclear testing in the 1950s. It sounds like fiction, but is it?"--

"Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no...

Describes the parts of a tree, identifies the two different tree types, and looks at how they survive throughout the year. Includes a bark-rubbing activity.

Imagine being fifteen years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on U.S. soil: the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in southern Pennsylvania. Without training, but with enormous courage and compassion,...