It is an action-packed middle grade novel by Robert C. O"Brien. It"s a story about mice and rats - but they"re very human little things, even though the main characters are rats and mice, each chapter is full of surprises, emotion, plot twists, and exciting events

This book will help youths of many levels of academic aptitude find catalytic colleges that will change their lives, help them find themselves, raise their aspirations, and empower them

The book was awarded the 2011 Newbery Medal for excellence in children"s literature. The story follows a young and adventurous girl named Abilene who is sent to Manifest, Kansas by her father in the summer of 1936. The author"s note at the end of the book states that the fictional town of Manifest, Kansas, is based on the real town of Frontenac, Kansas

This book seeks to demystify the admission process for applicants by providing a selective but robust sample of HBS essays that have successfully survived the admissions committee in the past. This book will help students write the essays that get them accepted into Harvard or any of the country’s other top programs, the staff of The Harbus have updated and revised their collection of sixty-five actual application essays

This is well-crafted, realistic, and heartwarming story. A totally lovable dog and likable characters are part of this humorously gentle, warm, enthralling story about all sorts of friendships. The writing is clear, simple and high quality

This book describes 58 things every advertiser or marketer should know. Now fully updated and revised, The Art of Client Service is geared to the entire account team, from copy writer, art director, and planner to researcher, media executive, and support staff - anyone who works with clients

This story grips you from the first moment when Fadi and family lose six year old Mariam as they are trying to escape from war-torn Afghanistan. Not only a great lesson on the challenges faced by immigrant families, but a truly heartwarming and emotional story

This book helps parents and students confidently navigate through the twists, obstacles, surprises and roadblocks they are sure to encounter as they seek to find the right college, the right coach, and the right offer of athletic financial aid. Topics covered include: Constructing a profile to stand out; Understanding the recruiting process; Why prospects and families get hurt; and, Negotiating tips and guidelines

Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado—half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between his mother’s Taíno Indian language and his father’s Spanish. But when a hurricane sinks the ship and most of its crew, it is Quebrado who escapes to safety...

The story is about Liesel Meminger, young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor`s wife`s library, wherever they are to be found