Abducted: Can Cops Catch the Kidnapper? (XBooks)

Abducted: Can Cops Catch the Kidnapper? (XBooks)
Author: Diane Webber
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0531137422

Can the kidnapper be caught? Charles Lindbergh was a very famous public figure whose son was kidnapped from his crib. Much of the investigation was based on a series of ransom notes which ultimately led to the conviction of a suspect. High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design, and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBooks, a new series of books designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike. How can DNA help a convicted person prove their innocence? How did a burglar steal from a store without leaving any fingerprints? Why was the tiny town in Hardin, Missouri, awash with skeletons after a huge flood? With topics based in science, these action-packed books will help students unlock the power and pleasure of reading... and always ask for more!

Abducted

Abducted
Author: Diane Webber
Publisher: Children's Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531132586

Will handwriting help identify a criminal? Charles Lindbergh Jr. is America's most famous baby. And now he's missing. A frantic search turns up muddy footprints, a homemade ladder...and a ransom note. But there's no sign of the child or his kidnappers. Follow the experts as they: Inspect the scene, Search for the baby, Analyze a suspect's handwriting, Track the ransom money Book jacket.

The Skin You're In

The Skin You're In
Author: Diane Webber
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531205273

No body is perfect! Whether you're built like a football player, thin as a model, or just plain average for your age, this book will show you how to look great and feel wonderful about yourself, whatever skin you're in.

Totally Tolerant

Totally Tolerant
Author: Diane Webber
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531205259

Teens discuss issues related to prejudice, including diversity, intolerance, biases, and ways to fight prejudice.

Camp 30

Camp 30
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005-07-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0143181467

The thrilling sequel to Camp X, winner of the Silver Birch Award Jack and George have barely recovered from their ordeal in Camp X when they are relocated to Bowmanville, Ontario, where their mother has been offered a clerking job in a prisoner of war camp holding the highest ranking German officers. Soon the boys are offered the after-school job of delivering the camp's mail, and Canadian agents ask them to keep their eyes and ears open for possible escape plans. For, as the boys are told, it is a matter of loyalty to their homeland that the German prisoners must try to escape, even if it costs them their lives—and the lives of two boys in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Rogue Storm

Rogue Storm
Author: Chris Claremont
Publisher: Panini
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2006-10-01
Genre: Science fiction comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9781905239535

Whether you're an avid collector trying to plug gaps in your back catalogue or a new convert to Marvel's strangest super heroes, this volume of stories is the perfect read for X-fans of any age!

Teaching Reading in Middle School

Teaching Reading in Middle School
Author: Laura Robb
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780590685603

Get the "big picture" of teaching reading in the middle school, including research, as well as the practical details you need to help every stydent become a better reader. Veteran teacher Laura Robb shares how to: teach reading strategies across the curriculum, present mini-lessons that deepen students' knowledge of how specific reading strategies work; help kids apply the strategies through guided practice; support struggling readers with a plan of action that improves their reading motivation; and much more.

X-Force

X-Force
Author:
Publisher: Marvel
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9780785163008

The psychic vampire Selene is on a mad quest to devour enough souls so she can ascend to godhood, commencing a terrible reign over the planet. And though X-Force stands ready to oppose her and ruin her plans at any cost, the Black Queen has brought backup that may just tilt the balance in her favor: an army of undead mutants she has summoned to occupy X-Force and the X-Men while she carries out her real plan. On the island of Genosha, the Black Queen has brought an even larger army of mutants back to life - and when the time is right, she plans to suck the life back out of every single one of them. COLLECTING: X-NECROSHA; X-NECROSHA: THE GATHERING; X-FORCE (2008) 21-25

Speak Up

Speak Up
Author: Douglas M. Fraleigh
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 787
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0312621884

When was the last time you actually looked forward to reading a textbook? With "Speak Up", thousands of students have been doing just that -- getting more out of their speech courses and having fun while doing it. It's a different kind of textbook, combining great writing and examples with more than 500 hand-drawn illustrations that bring speechmaking to life. It's all designed to help you ace the course and prepare you to speak effectively on campus, on the job, and beyond. -- From publisher's description.