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Fiction Readers 5: Homemade Time Machine
When Ralph's and Luna's science fair project doesn' work, their principal takes them back in his time machine to show them how inventors from the past have dealt with failure. They visit Thomas Edison, a man whose ideas about failure may just help Ralph...
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Fiction Readers 5: Mary Shelley's Monster
In this historical fiction book, Mary Shelley and her husband Percy travel to meet Lord Byron at his home by Lake Geneva, Switzerland. When Lord Byron challenges his guests to write a ghost story, Mary's story is inspired by a dream she had of a...
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Fiction Readers 5: Myths and Legends
Readers will be enchanted by this beautifully illustrated collection of myths and legends from around the world! Each story is illustrated in a unique style to capture readers’ attention and keep them reading from cover to cover. Stories...
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Fiction Readers 5: Paige vs. Plastic
In this graphic novel, Polly the mermaid works as a postal worker who dreams of becoming an environmental scientist. Her underwater world is filled with too much plastic, and with the help of her friends Danica the Dolphin and Ollie the Octopus, they...
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Fiction Readers 5: Practice Makes Perfect
Enrique is a good student, but wishes he was also good at sports, particularly baseball. Roberto is great at baseball, but bad at math, and needs to ace his next test in order to play. Will these two friends overcome their obstacles and help their team...
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Fiction Readers 5: Reading Heidi
Adapted from the classic book by Johanna Spyri, this historical fiction book retells the classic story of Heidi. A student who forgot to complete her reading assignment texts back and forth with a friend as she reads Heidi. Students...
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Fiction Readers 5: Robot Rescue
In this science fiction book, Anna is the youngest crew member on a team of the brightest scientists exploring a distant planet. Just when her robot cat finally finds a live specimen, he goes missing. It's up to Anna to lead a rescue mission to bring him...
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Fiction Readers 5: Secrets Aboard the Barnard Star
Sohrab and Bruno have lived their entire lives aboard the spaceship Barnard Star. When the captain of the ship announces someone has been stealing people's water rations, Sohrab and Bruno are determined to solve the case. Students will enjoy...
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Fiction Readers 5: Sidetracked
Jeremiah works for the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad. But the new steam engine has arrived, and his horses won't be pulling freight down the tracks anymore. Will he find a way to adapt to change brought about by technological advances, or will he be...
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Fiction Readers 5: The Adventures of Mark Twain
In this humorous book, Samuel Clemens is suffering from writer's block. He decides to post a 'Characters Needed' sign on the side of the road. When two mischievous boys named Tom and Huck show up, will they be able to help Mark Twain write his story? Or...
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Fiction Readers 5: The Boy and the Bayonet
In the spring of 1895, Bud is excited for his Cadet Corps team to compete in the end-of-the-year drills competition at his school. His company is the favorite to win, but can they pull it off? This historical fiction book is based on a story by the...
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Fiction Readers 5: The Day the World Stopped Rhyming
All the nursery rhymes in the magical town of Fable have one job, and that's to rhyme. But when the town loses its license to rhyme, the residents must figure out what to do next. When Little Miss Muffet teams up with Spider to fix the problem, their...