Linda Sue Park

The shadow of the man in black has followed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan on their worldwide search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. The man has tried to kill them and he is a Madrigal, as were their parents. And now the man is ready to step out of the darkness for their final confrontation.

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cmAD530L Lexile

While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.

After harvesting an especially large "tear" of a resin known as myrrh, a young boy and his father visit a spice merchant whose three customers are seeking a special gift to bring to a baby. Includes biblical references and historical information about the Magi and myrrh. After harvesting an especially large tear of a resin known as myrrh, a young boy and his father visit a spice merchant whose three customers are seeking a special gift to bring to a baby.

Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time.

After bedtime a house comes alive as a lamp in the shape of a bird solves an array of problems including a leaky faucet, a creaking chair, and sneezing broom, all while the family sleeps.

At once funny and informative, Yaks Yak presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names.

In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Includes historical notes.

Hoping to return home after a winter in the Sudden Mountains so he can join his parents in the fight against the evil Chancellor, Raffa must use his apothecary skills while enlisting the help of human and animal friends to survive the journey.

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

HE WAS KING HENRY VIII, a charismatic and extravagant ruler obsessed with both his power and with siring a male heir. They were his queens--six ill-fated women, bound for divorce, beheading, or death. Open this book and enter a court filled with the power-hungry and cutthroat, and those who serve them. Watch friends, advisors, and even family betray one another--all to please an impossible-to-please king. Meet the devout and faithful Katharine of Aragon. See the sword flash as fiery Anne Boleyn is beheaded for adultery. Follow Jane Seymour as she rises from bullied court maiden to beloved queen, only to die after giving birth. Hold you breath as Anna of Cleves plays a most dangerous hand. Feel Catherine Howard's terror as old lovers resurface and whisper vicious rumors to Henry's influential advisors. Pace the room with Kateryn Parr as her enemies try to ensnare her. Experience the heartache of mothers as they lose son after son, heir after heir. Here are the tragic and riveting stories of the wives of Henry VIII--as well as Henry's own story--written by seven of the most acclaimed and bestselling YA authors working today. Told in stirring first-person accounts, Fatal Throne dramatically reveals the hopes and fears of Henry's queens as they attempt to survive their unpredictable king. Scandalous and heartbreaking, this epic tale is also an intimate look at the royalty of the most provocative and perilous time in English history. This description comes from the publisher.

In Brooklyn in 1951, a die-hard Giants fan teaches nine-year-old Maggie, who is a "Bums" (Dodgers) fan, how to use a technique to keep score of a baseball game which creates a special friendship between them.

With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely.

When Raffa makes a cure from a rare crimson vine he finds deep in the forbidden forest, the bat he saves transforms into something much more.

In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.

Raffa Santana is a healer, not a fighter. As a gifted apothecary, he has amazing instincts for unleashing the potential of magical-seeming plants. But his skills have failed to free the animals that the heartless Chancellor captured and turned against the people of Obsidia directly threatening Raffa's friends and family.

A rabbit wanders through the various flowers and colors of a cottage garden.