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  What Happens Next

  Anonyme

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  In this heartfelt and accessible middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, a young girl throws herself into solving a local mystery to keep from missing her older sister, who has been sent to an eating disorder treatment facility. 
  Astronomy-obsessed Abby McCourt should be thrilled about the solar eclipse her small town of Moose Junction is about to witness, but she’s not. After her older sister Blair was sent away for an eating disorder, Abby has been in a funk. 
  Desperate to dull the pain her sister’s absence has left, she teams up with a visiting astronomer to help track down his long-lost telescope. Though this is supposed to take Abby’s mind off the distance between her and Blair, what she finds may bring her closer to her sister than she ever thought possible.

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  Hot Planet

  Hal Clement

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  Hot Planet by Hal Clement - Mercury had no atmosphere—everyone knew that. Why was it developing one now? 
  The wind which had nearly turned the Albireo's landing into a disaster instead of a mathematical exercise was still playing tunes about the fins and landing legs as Schlossberg made his way down to Deck Five. 
  The noise didn't bother him particularly, though the endless seismic tremors made him dislike the ladders. But just now he was able to ignore both. He was curious—though not hopeful. 
  "Is there anything at all obvious on the last sets of tapes, Joe?" 
  Mardikian, the geophysicist, shrugged. "Just what you'd expect ... on a planet which has at least one quake in each fifty-mile-square area every five minutes. You know yourself we had a nice seismic program set up, but when we touched down we found we couldn't carry it out. We've done our best with the natural tremors—incidentally stealing most of the record tapes the other projects would have used. We have a lot of nice information for the computers back home; but it will take all of them to make any sense out of it." 
  Schlossberg nodded; the words had not been necessary. His astronomical program had been one of those sabotaged by the transfer of tapes to the seismic survey. 
  "I just hoped," he said. "We each have an idea why Mercury developed an atmosphere during the last few decades, but I guess the high school kids on Earth will know whether it's right before we do. I'm resigned to living in a chess-type universe—few and simple rules, but infinite combinations of them. But it would be nice to know an answer sometime." 
  "So it would. As a matter of fact, I need to know a couple right now. From you. How close to finished are the other programs—or what's left of them?" 
  "I'm all set," replied Schlossberg. "I have a couple of instruments still monitoring the sun just in case, but everything in the revised program is on tape."

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  The Whigs and the Know Nothings...

  Editors Charles River

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  It was in the wake of the election of Andrew Jackson that the Whigs emerged as opponents to the Jacksonian Democrats during a period of American history known as the Second Party System (1828-1854). Initially, the conflict was rooted not only in different visions for the United States – the Whigs believed in a strong central bank and federally funded infrastructure projects (known as “internal improvements”) – but also in opposition to one man: Andrew Jackson. When it first formed, the Democratic Party coalesced around Jackson, and his beliefs and actions became Democratic Party dogma, which left the diverse group of people who opposed Jackson to become the Whigs.  
  The problem with this arrangement is that while the Whigs scored some notable successes as an opposition party, they found governing more difficult. The two Whigs elected president, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, died in office, raising to the presidency their respective vice-presidents, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. Neither man succeeded in uniting the Whig Party behind him (a gargantuan task, to be sure), and neither was ever elected president in his own right. The increasing rancor over slavery is what finally killed the Whig Party.  
  	In the wake of contemporary debates over immigration, the “Know-Nothings” have been regularly cited as an example of how dangerous nativist attitudes can become and, indeed, have proven to be in America’s history. Several columnists, for instance, have striven to make comparisons between the Know-Nothings of antebellum America and the country’s recent immigration policies, helping in part to generate modern interest in a political party that many Americans have heard of but tend to know little about. The Know-Nothing movement can actually be tied to a number of violent episodes and ethnically charged riots that occurred during the late 1850s.

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  Fairy Tales for kid's Selection # 3

  Alexander Afanasiev

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  This is a selection of fairy tales for kid's. Classic fairy tales and story from the world. This is where frogs chat to princesses, wolves huff and puff, and gingerbread men run away. A selection of stories that are short and sweet and should appeal to children. You’ll find some of the classic fairy tales and fables here. Most Fairy Tales occur in the past, usually close to home. Some begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "and they lived happily ever after, THE END" but not always. 
  Welcome to the world of fairy tales. These fables and fairy tale characters have been collected from different cultures, and you will always find something new for the kids,including the ubiquitous king, prince and princess fairy tales. 
  Collection of fairy tales compiled by Alexander Afanasiev. 
  Content: Little Claus and Great Claus; The Little Mermaid; Little Red Riding Hood; The Little Round Bun; Liza the Fox and Catafay the Cat; Long, Broad and Quickeye; Lost Paradise; Loving Nymph; The Magic of Herbs; The Magic Ring; The MonsterIn in the Maze; Morozko; Motti; The One-Handed Girl; The People of Woodland; Pretty Maiden; The Princess and the Sea Monster; Princess Fairy Story; The Prince with Golden Hair; Prunella; Puss in Boots; The Raspberry Worm; The Red Etin; The Rerecovered Bride; The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother

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  Deep Trouble (Classic Goosebumps...

  R.L. Stine

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  Goosebumps now on Disney+!Billy and his sister, Sheena, are visiting their uncle Dr. Deep on a tiny Caribbean island. It's the perfect place to go exploring underwater...and Billy's ready for an adventure.There's only one rule to remember: Stay away from the coral reefs. Still, the reefs are so beautiful. So peaceful. Billy can't resist.But he's not alone in the water. Something's lurking deep below the surface. Something dark and scaly....Something that's half-human, half-fish...Now with all-new bonus materials including real-life shark tales and more.

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  The Mystery of Smugglers Cove

  Paul Moxham

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  Are you up for a thrilling adventure? 
  When twelve year old Joe and his two younger sisters visit Smugglers Cove for the summer holidays, they get caught up in a thrilling adventure that is beyond their wildest imagination. 
  Follow the children as they flee down a river, are chased by ferocious dogs, locked up in an old manor, get lost at sea, expose a spy, and more! 
  This adventure novel is set in 1950's Britain and will suit anyone who enjoys Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys or the Famous Five.

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