A team's school bus breaks down in the middle of the desert after a disappointing loss at the State Championships, and a gathering dust storm threatens to turn their bus into a death trap. It will take some quick thinking to get through this!"--
When the heat goes out in Zach's family cabin during a massive blizzard, isolation sets in. Suddenly, what had been quiet woods seem deadly. Zach and his dog are forced out of their cabin into the freezing blizzard, and must do everything possible just to survive. The duo must fight their way through the storm to find help—and Zach's dad— before they freeze to death. Will they make it through the storm, or be buried in snow before they can find their way to safety?
This title examines an important historic event - the orphan train movement. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of the Children's Aid Society and the development of the Brace School, lodging houses, and industrial schools, the conditions that led to child abandonment in the 1800s, problems with institutional care and child labor laws, the roles the Civil War, the Great Depression, and people like Charles Loring Brace played, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
When Alexandra's dad gets a new job in Hawaii, her parents promise that life there will be paradise. But what they couldn't predict is a natural disaster of epic proportions. A tsunami slams into their new island home, quickly turning paradise into a living nightmare. Can Alexandra survive the flood? And even if she does, will everything she loves be swept away?
This title examines the remarkable life of Ho Chi Minh. Readers will learn about Ho's family background, childhood, education, and revolutionary work as a visionary communist leader and first president of Vietnam. Color and black & white photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Allaire's ColdFusion is a development tool for building complex, interactive Web sites. This text offers intermediate-level content and sample applications for ColdFusion users, especially for e-commerce. The companion CD contains versions of ColdFusion 5 Application Server and Studio, Allaire JRun Java server, Apache Web server, all the book's sample code, a collection of custom tags for extending ColdFusion's functionality, and an electronic edition of the book.
-What is supposed to be a fun ice-fishing trip may turn deadly. When a boy arrives at a northern cabin during the blizzard of the century, he faces more than just frostbite---
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