Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Thirteen-year-old Brian is forced to crash-land the plane in a lake, and finds himself stranded in the remote Canadian wilderness with only his clothing and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present before his departure.

In re-creating the world of the frontier, Jack London drew from his own experiences in the Klondike during the gold rush of 1897, and he vividly depicts the harsh conditions in which man and beast were forced to survive. Considered his masterpiece, The Call of the Wild is a gripping story that will resonate as strongly with today's readers as it did when it was first published nearly 100 years ago.

Autumn and Adonis have nothing in common and everything in common. Autumn is outgoing and has lots of friends. Adonis is shy and not so eager to connect with people. But even with their differences, the two have one thing in common - they're each dealing with a handicap.

H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition, and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction.

Watch your step. Be careful what you do. Ghosts are everywhere. In houses new and old. In lonely walks and grim gatherings. Underneath the wallpaper. Riding through the night. These are some of the spookiest ghost stories ever written, from authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Henry James.Prepare to be haunted.

This inspiring collection of stories about patriotic teens who served their countries courageously during times of war, spans the time period of the Revolutionary War through the Korean War.

Longing to be one of the popular girls in her new town, Kammie Summers has fallen into a well during a (fake) initiation into their club. Now, Kammie is trapped in the dark, counting the hours and waiting to be rescued. (The girls have gone for help, haven't they?)

The true story of how 15-year-old Joe Read helped his father pilot a small boat across the Channel to rescue some of the 300,000 Allied soldiers in WWII.

Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenage misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.

With insight and humor, Same but Different explores the many aspects of teen autism while daring to address issues and feelings nobody talks about. This powerfully rendered book is timely and one of a kind. It paints an important story of hope for teens and families living with autism, and lets us see that everybody's unique rhythm is worth dancing to.

"The Raven," "Annabel Lee," "Ulalume"... These are some of the spookiest, most macabre poems ever written, by a master of the genre. The timeless poems of Edgar Allen Poe have been collected in this chilling, affordable volume, with an introduction by bestselling fantasy author Philip Pullman.

Disguised as a vintage volume, this biography reads like an adventure story. The astonishing role Harriet Tubman played as a spy, a secret agent, a military leader and hero to thousands is told in the context of the Civil War and an era of brutal prejudice.

Revealing looks at fascinating, hidden worlds-secret agents, child pirates, crime scene investigators, and more-keep even reluctant readers glued to each exciting page!

Readers will enjoy these five gripping science fiction stories about time travel, futuristic worlds, aliens, and the curse of everlasting youth.