Junior sleuth Jeffrey Bones and his grandfather enjoy a day at the amusement park until their tickets to ride the giant roller coaster mysteriously disappear.

Written with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, this book provides a complete plan for developing a literacy program that focuses on boys pre-K through grade 12. Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today. Additionally, the emphasis and focus have changed due to the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. How can educators best encourage male students to read, and what new technologies and techniques can serve this objective? The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys is an essential resource and reference for teachers, librarians, and parents seeking to encourage reading in boys from preschool to 12th grade. Providing a wide array of useful, up-to-date information that emphasizes the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, the bibliographies and descriptions of effective strategies in this book will enable you to boost reading interest and performance in boys. The chapters cover 16 different topics of interest to boys, all accompanied by a complete bibliography for each subject area, discussion questions, writing connections, and annotated new and classic nonfiction titles. Information on specific magazines, annotated professional titles, books made into film, websites, and apps that will help you get boys interested in reading is also included.

Jub Jub is a fourteen-year-old rambunctious boy who mysteriously awakens on the top of a mountain with no recollection of how he got there. He soon discovers that the only way down the mountain is through a cave entrance that sends him on a perilous journey filled with bone-chilling creatures, micro monsters, a future friend named Bones, and a rancorous old witch named Dorkus--his newly discovered nemesis. Along the way he uncovers hidden secrets that give him the strength and cunningness to defeat the evil that encompasses the world that surrounds him. During their travels, Jub Jub and Bones encounter many mental and physical challenges. Our reluctant duo come face-to-face with skin crawlers, land chompers, hydrator squirrels, vamporites, and the ever-elusive bloody arm. Through a series of comical errors and unexpected bravery, Jub Jub soon discovers that a simple wooden spoon holds the key to defeating the harmful forces he encounters.

Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.

In Pennsylvania's Amish country, New York author Toni Miracle investigates the death of a landowner, poisoned after he agreed to the construction of a nuclear waste dump on his land. The dump is opposed by environmentalists.