Kids Books - Used

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a thirteen year old, Isabel and her younger sister Ruth. The story takes place in New York during the revolutionary war in America. Isabel and her sister are orphaned slaves for The Locktons. Rich and strong supporters of the King. Unsympathetic for the patriots and even less to Isabel and her sister. Isabel yearns for freedom and must break her strong "chains" of slavery. Isabel meets a boy named Curzon, a salve with connections with the patriots, offers her with he opportunity to spy on her owners for details about an expected British invasion. When Isabel's life changes she must decide where her loyalty lays and who can provide her freedom and help her break her "chains." I enjoyed this book and would recommend it for it's wonderful details!

What if someone told you that time travel was possible; that you can journey to the past or venture into the future? The Time Traveler, whose name is never revealed, is an intelligent but extremely eccentric scientist who discovers that there are four known dimensions of space--which really only means that you can easily move up and down, left and right, forward and backwards, and through Time. As long as you have entire consciousness and speed, you can break its constraints move around it. And so the unnamed Time Traveler brings himself to the year 802,701--that’s 30 million years from his own time. When he finally finds his way to the future, he finds his home--London--to be gone. Every building that formed the city no longer stands--just structures that act as homes to a society of simple-minded and innocent creatures who call themselves the Eloi. But as he continues his stay with them, he notices strange things, things the Eloi won’t tell him about. Sinister ghost-like beings that come in the night --deep voids in the ground that lead into what seems like nothing, and why are the Eloi so deathly afraid of the dark?--but ultimately, no one tells the Time Traveler about what happened to the human race. Most science fiction books during that century--the 1800s--were centered around the entire idea of being able to travel through time, but H.G. Wells was the first to actually try to explain the science of moving through the dimension of duration. Most of you probably wouldn’t enjoy books written in 1895--that’s 119 years old-- but The Time Machine really is worth reading-- and its only a little less than a hundred pages long. You’ll find that the Time Traveler, especially, is one of the most interesting parts of the book because you get to understand the mind of a scientist--it makes you think like him when you look at the world. The Time Machine is a novel that stands the test of time and humanity. But if there’s one thing I didn’t love about this book is how Wells views the--truly haunting--fate of us. And he definitely deepened the meaning of The Time Machine with thought-provoking ideas people today haven’t really cared enough to think about--the idea that today’s problems such as rampant industrialization and especially class struggle, will carry on to the future even 800,000 years from now. And although it’s only fiction, the way Wells portrays the future can very well be true. The human race doesn’t end, of course--but something much worse happens; something inhumane. “It sounds plausible enough tonight,” says the Time Traveler, “but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning...for after the Battle comes quiet.”

the mention of war is the title: acoWAR. but its honestly not so bad. some of it really breaks my heart, and i make sure to reread this book every year or so.

All Ebenezer Scrooge cares about is money. He works his employees to the brink and doesn't give a thought on it. Christmas time is even worse for Scrooge. Ba humbug, he says to anything happy. No carols, no turkey, and NO Christmas! But that all changes on the night of Christmas Eve; when he is visited by three Christmas ghosts. The ghost of Christmas past, the ghost of Christmas present, and the ghost of Christmas future. These ghosts give Scrooge a deadly warning: Scrooge better change his cruel ways or the end is near for him. Can the grumpy, cranky old Scrooge change for good? Happy reading!

Wendy Darling is tired of being stuck at home; cleaning and cooking. What she really wants to do is go back to the land of childhood and careless adventures: neverland. So when Peter Pan's shadow is still in her drawer, Wendy starts losing hope of Peter actually coming back. Her parents have been noticing her behavior and have come to a conclusion: send her away to Ireland to be a maid, Wendy, being Wendy, is in complete astonishment. She doesn't want to leave or grow up! Whispering to Captain Hook that she has Peter's shadow- Captain Hook and the rest of the scurvy pirate crew take Wendy up upon their ship to go to Neverland. But pirates are sly and clever- and so is Neverland. When Wendy finally arrives, she's found that Neverland isn't what it had been like before. Can Wendy go back to her childhood dreams and help save Peter? The classic tale of Peter Pan has been twisted into a clever and exhilarating book that will keep up turning the page. Happy reading!

Very interesting book. I liked it. Its a very short book. But it has plenty of details on Indians and the Oregon Trail. Also about ministers going out to teach indians about God.

we love this classic back to black book

Dragonwings is a book about a young boy, Moon Shadow, who goes to America, leaving his mother and grandmother in China, to work with his father, Windrider. In this book, Moon Shadow helps his father realize and pursue his goal to make a flying machine, Dragonwings. In this book Lawrence Yep has demonstrated the love in a family. In the end, Windrider realizes that he as been foolish pursuing his dream and instead be with his family. After all, dragons do have families.

I'm halfway through the novel right now, & I've got to say, it's amazing! So far, I've heard about how the French Revolution is ongoing, while the story revolves around the following characters - Dr. Manette, a man who has been driven insane due to his immoral imprisonment for 18 years; his daughter, Lucie Manette, a lovely young woman who inspires & gives hope to those around her; Charles Darnay, the virtuous son of venal French aristocrats who is persecuted in both England & France; Madame Defarge, a cruel yet cunning agent who silently weaves a complex web of victims; & Sydney Carton, a failing, alcoholic lawyer who is still able to reveal a love filled with both allure & tragedy. Simply fascinating... :D

If you're looking for a story about a bright, spirited orphan girl who finds love and adventure, then look no further. Anne will capture your heart and never let go. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert wanted a boy from the orphanage to help with the farmwork. When Matthew goes to the train station to pick him up, he only finds Anne Shirley, a talkative, redheaded girl with a bright imagination and a big heart. A search for answers tells the Cuthberts that someone told Mrs. Spencer the Cuthberts wanted a girl. Marilla thinks of sending Anne back to the orphanage, but Matthew persuades Marilla to open up her heart to the girl. Marilla eventually decides to keep Anne, and so Anne's adventures full of humor and heart begin. From making a friend, Diana Barry, to making enemies, Gilbert Blythe and Josie Pye, to naming everyday things you'd see like a lake, or a flower tree, Anne will find something to dream about. Read this book, please!