Ashley Rae Harris

Bridgewater High junior Jordan, eager to fit in with a popular crowd, takes part in a series of pranks that go horribly wrong, and as she and her friend Charlie investigate, they begin to wonder if the spirit of a prank victim who died twenty years earlier is to blame.

The Prank

The Company and Its Founders

Facebook

Looks at the history of graphic novels and comic books, exploring how graphic novels evolved from comics, how themes and content have changed over time, and the use of educational graphic novels in schools.

Graphic Novels

This title examines the remarkable lives of Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes and their work building the social networking site Facebook. Readers will learn about each founder's background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Facebook operates, issues the company faces, its successes, and its impact on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Facebook: The Company and Its Founders

Do You Love Me features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls make healthy decisions about dating and relationships. Topics include peer pressure, crushes, teen pregnancy, sexuality, and first dates. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Do You Love Me will leave readers feeling confident to make smart, healthy decisions when it comes to dating. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Making Healthy dating Decisions

Do You Love Me?: Making Healthy Dating Decisions

Profiles the life and career of rapper Tupac Shakur, whose life was tragically cut short.

Multi-platinum Rapper

Tupac Shakur

Cliques, Crushes, & True Friends features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls face conflicts and learn how to be a friend. Situations include peer pressure, dating, dealing with gossip, and struggling to fitting in. Readers will develop positive coping skills, while building self-esteem. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Cliques, Crushes, & True Friends will leave readers feeling confident to build lasting friendships and make new friends.

Developing Healthy Relationships

Cliques, Crushes, & True Friends

TXT ME L8R features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls navigate the world of technology. Topics include safely managing online profiles, such as on Facebook and MySpace, cyber bullying, parents who don't "get" technology, online shopping addiction, online gaming, online predators, texting etiquette, and obscene and dangerous web sites. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. TXT ME L8R will leave readers feeling confident to safely and effectively navigate all forms of technology. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Using Technology Responsibly

TXT ME L8R: Using Technology Responsibly

Is This Really My Family features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to offer news ways for preteen and teen girls to deal with challenging family situations. Topics include dealing with strict parents, balancing home and school responsibilities, handling a parent whoÍs dating, and becoming part of a stepfamily. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Is This Really My Family will leave readers feeling confident to handle any future family drama.

Relating to Your Relatives

Is This Really My Family?

This title examines one of the world's critical issues, the arms trade. Readers will learn the historical background of this issue leading up to its current and future impact on society. Import and export nations, civilians, brokers, mercenaries, terrorists, and corrupt governments are discussed in detail, as well as licensed production, embargoes, changing alliances, and government legislation meant to control the arms trade. Also covered are types of weapons, threats to international security, the United Nations and other organizations that work to control illegal weapons and exercise law enforcement, and the arms trade related to the global economy. Engaging text, informative sidebars, and color photographs present information realistically, leaving readers with a thorough, honest interpretation of the arms trade. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Issues is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Arms Trade

This title examines the remarkable lives of Bill Gates and Paul Allen and their work building the groundbreaking computer company Microsoft. Readers will learn about each founder's background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Microsoft operates, issues the company faces, its successes, and its impact on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Microsoft: The Company and Its Founders

This title examines the remarkable lives of Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes and their work building the social networking site Facebook. Readers will learn about each founderÍs background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how Facebook operates, issues the company faces, its successes, and its impact on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Technology Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Facebook:

This title examines the fascinating life of Nicki Minaj. Readers will learn about MinajÍs childhood, family, education, and rise to fame. Colorful graphics, oversize photos, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text that explores MinajÍs early interest in music and talent in songwriting that led to her successful mixtapes and eventually the release of her albums Pink Friday and Pink FridayRoman Reloaded. MinajÍs music awards, work with charitable groups, and unique style are also described. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and fun facts. Contemporary Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Rapper & Fashion Star

Nicki Minaj:

Girl in the Mirror features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls feel comfortable with their changing bodies and know that they are not alone. Situations include developing early or late, dealing with acne, and struggling with eating disorders. Readers will learn positive coping skills while building self-esteem. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Girl in the Mirror will leave readers feeling confident about what they've got.

Understanding Physical Changes

Girl in the Mirror: Understanding Physical Changes

This legendary rapper was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996, but not before having multi-platinum releases and a promising acting career. A prime example of the line rappers walk between street credibility and their art, Tupac pushed the East-West rap feud

Multi-Platinum Rapper

This legendary rapper was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996, but not before having multi-platinum releases and a promising acting career. A prime example of the line rappers walk between street credibility and their art, Tupac pushed the East-West rap feud both as a real fight and as a tool to influence media coverage of his career. Tupac's raps were part traditional social protest and part gritty descriptions of street life in urban neighborhoods. This book includes details of his life, career, and like the other Essential Lives Cut Short books, covers the controversies surrounding his life and death. Lives Cut Short is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Tupac Shakur: Multi-Platinum Rapper

Girl in the Mirror features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls feel comfortable with their changing bodies and know that they are not alone. Situations include developing early or late, dealing with acne, and struggling with eating disorders. Readers will learn positive coping skills while building self-esteem. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Girl in the Mirror will leave readers feeling confident about what theyÍve got.

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