For use in schools and libraries only. Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, discovers that drinking a bucket of plant food restores his energy, leading to a series of embarrassing near-disasters.

Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, discovers that drinking a bucket of plant food restores his energy but also gives him a serious case of mopwater poisoning.

Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.

Cam Jansen has a great time looking for shells on the beach with her friend Eric and her aunt Molly. But when they're done, Cam's mother is nowhere in sight! She was just sitting under a red umbrella, so how could she have disappeared? With a click, Cam puts her photographic memory to work to find her mom.

For use in schools and libraries only. Hank the Cowdog's adventures include being trapped in a runaway pickup truck and later discovering a nest of trespassing stray cats in a haystack.

In the troubled land of Kriva, the political has become personal. Desperate to make her own life's choices, but knowing she must always remain silent in her father's house, Bettine stitches rebellion into her embroidery. When she is forced into hiding after intervening in the attempted assassination of a charismatic political leader, Bettine finds the fellowship of like-minded rebels and an opportunity to prove herself. But everything changes when Bettine is seized by the soldiers she has always feared.