Eleven-year-olds Luis and Maura investigate the cause of a long-term, city-wide power outage in Hampton, New Jersey. Includes facts about electric power and instructions for assembling an emergency kit.

Illustrations and simple text introduce Zip, an unlucky alien magician, and his friend Bip. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.

There is a bully on the basketball team at school and he is physically attacking TJ's friend Ethan, so it is up to TJ and his guidance counselor father to find a solution to the problem that does not make the situation worse.

When TJ cheats on a history test and gets chosen to represent his school in a contest, he feels horribly guilty--worse, he finds himself being blackmailed for money by one of his classmates.

Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling stories that gravitate around issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality within and outside the U.S. comic

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A book of insects, with a focus on their 'super powers'--their extraordinary and very real abilities--and an art/design style that evokes comic-book-hero-and-villain awesomeness. The book will include profiles of the animals and their powers, mixed with spreads that compare, contrast, and pit the insects against each other in a kind of 'who would win??' action format. Head-to-head combat! Astounding weapons and abilities! Awesomeness! Plus: science....

"Meet Super Grandma. She is ready to show you all of her tried and tested activities for staying connected with your children and grandchildren and connecting them with their family history. Pick and choose from the multitude of ideas to find what will work best for your family. Zap the generation gaps in your family and you and your family can feel the happiness and power that comes from knowing about your family's past."--Author's website.