Charlie Hope was not expecting to spend his summer trying to solve a murder. Helping his mother run the family hotel doesn’t usually offer much excitement. The only other people around are Penny Price, a spoiled child actor and star of the hit TV series Little Miss Murder being shot in town, and Mr. Ignato, an elderly resident at the hotel. When Mr. Ignato dies from a fall down the stairs, Charlie suspects foul play.
Abortion is one of the most common of all medical procedures. But it is still stigmatized, and all too often people do not feel they can talk about their experiences. Making abortion illegal or hard to access doesn't make it any less common; it just makes it dangerous. This is the history of the debate.
Small-town police chief Maxine "Max" Benson is just settling into her new life when her ex appears on the scene. Apparently, he and his new young lover just happen to be visiting her area on holiday. That's all about to change when Max's ex-husband is accused of killing his young lover right in Max's own backyard. It seems that only Max's superior detection abilities can save him from an almost certain conviction. This is the third book in the Maxine Benson mystery series.
New Hope Academy, or, as seventeen-year-old Jane Learning likes to call it, No Hope, is a Baptist reform school where Jane is currently being held captive. Of course, smart, sarcastic Jane has no interest in reforming, failing to see any benefit to pretending to play well with others. But then Hannah shows up, a gorgeous bad girl with fiery hair and an even stormier disposition. She shows Jane how to live a full and fulfilling life even when the world tells you you're wrong, and how to believe in a future outside the "prison" walls. Jane soon learns, though, that Hannah is quietly battling some demons of her own.
It's almost summer in small town Port Ainslie. Or is it? Temperatures are so far below normal that Police Chief Maxine Benson and her team are wearing sweaters. But is it cold enough to freeze the body of the man found in a ditch on the outskirts of town one morning? Maxine starts to investigate, but she is elbowed aside by the mostly-male provincial police force so she takes charge on her own.
Since the sudden death of his younger sister, Evie, sixteen-year-old Munro Maddux has been having flashbacks and anger-management issues. He has a constant ache in his right hand. And there's a taunting, barking, biting voice he calls "the Coyote." Munro knows a six-month student exchange will not be the stuff of teenage dreams, but in Brisbane he intends to move beyond his troubled past. It is there, at an assisted-living residence called Fair Go Community Village, that Munro discovers the Coyote can be silenced.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
By placing the original text and a modern translation on facing pages, Parallel Text makes classic literature accessible to your students. Each text features introductory material to create context, numbered paragraphs and stanzas for easy reference, anticipation and discussion questions, literary activities and much more.
The classic novel of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual undercurrents set against the austere New England countryside
A ghetto teenager struggles to find his mentor's killer and get his own life back on track. Passages Hi/Lo Novel.
Confrontations with a mysterious stranger lead a teen to question his father's death. Passages Hi/Lo Novel.
Amy's rebellious younger sister runs away to a dangerous part of town. Can Amy and her boyfriend find Gia before it's too late?
An attack by a tiger during a field trip is just the beginning of the dangers faced by Connie and her friends. Passages to Suspense Hi/Lo Novel.
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Lao Wai comes to America to work on the transcontinental railroad. The work is difficult and dangerous and many Americans resent his presence. Passages to History Hi/Lo Novel.
