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This is a comic story that gives an inside look into the Children's journey inside the militant Greek city-state of Sparta. The story continues with a young boy from Libu and his cousin's journey into the Spartan military program known as "Agoge." The two boys from Libu find themselves apart of a unit of young boys in the same age group called "Hydras." A unit where they train and grow with every obstacle that is presented to them, and this comic series shows colorful sketches of how the children handle and approach this obstacle of trying to catch a fox in a corn field. Most of all, what they learned as a team.

In a small town named Crowded Lake, where everybody treats each other like family, there is a beast lurking around. This beast plays tricks on the residents, usually when they least expect it. Follow the journey of a little girl named Alice Adkins, along with her relatives, friends, and neighbors, as she grows up in a town, where the unknown is prominent and disaster is imminent.

What happened in China in the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976? Basically it was a 10 years long cold weapon civil war.The author of this book, Bill Xun Cheng, tells true stories around his living neighborhood and his family in the "Steel Courtyard" in Beijing from his age 6 to 16.There are two classes in China, the Red Axes and their passive followers. The Red Axes destroyed everybody's' dignity and trust on each other, including themselves ones.

Scientists and their Discoveries looks at the lives and achievements of many of the scientists who have transformed the world with discoveries ranging from tiny subatomic particles to the massive and powerful mechanisms that drive the Earth and the stars--Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Harry Hess, and many more. It examines their ideas and how they affected society, highlighting their work which was a mixture of experiment, collaboration and brilliant individual insight that has characterized scientific advance down the ages.

The first astronauts in space only stayed for brief periods of time. But now, NASA scientists have developed technologies that allow astronauts to live in space long term. Learn about the challenges that astronauts face living in zero gravity and cramped quarters with this fascinating Informational Text created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution! Build reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!