The Tree of Life

By

Peter Sis

Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker. His ideas about the origins of life and natural selection – or survival of the fittest – challenged deeply held beliefs and have had a lasting influence on modern thought

and science.

Girl in the Tower

By

Lisa Schroeder

Ever since she could remember

Violet and her mother have been locked away in a tower by the evil Queen Bogdana who has the kingdom under her spell. The queen has everything she wants except one thing –beauty. Violet is beautiful!

RAIN

R E I G N

By

Ann M. Martin

Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She is thrilled that her own name is a homonym and she purposely gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein) which, according to Rose’s rules of homonyms is very special.

EVOLUTION OF

CALPURINIA TATE

BY

Jacqueline Kelly

The summer of 1899 is hot in Calpurnia’s sleepy Texas town, and there aren’t a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her own hair.