Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb are working on building and programming a robot dog, which Caleb thinks is bad enough, but the high-tech android called Dude that their teacher has brought in terrifies him--and when something starts damaging the android during the night, Caleb is convinced that Dude is turning himself on as part of a plot to take over the world.
After winning a contest, S.M.A.R.T.S. participates in a Mars colony simulation out in the desert. Now, only a day into the mission, the S.M.A.R.T.S. equipment is malfunctioning... Could it be sabotage?
After winning a contest, S.M.A.R.T.S. participates in a Mars colony simulation out in the desert. Now, only a day into the mission, the S.M.A.R.T.S. equipment is malfunctioning... Could it be sabotage?
Fifth-graders Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb are excited about the Art of Science exhibition, featuring artwork made through scientific methods, by students at the local high school, so when the centerpiece necklace disappears from the locked gallery, the three members of the S.M.A.R.T.S club set out to solve the mystery--especially since the student artist has accused them of stealing it.
Hubble Middle School's S.M.A.R.T.S. and Edison Middle School's Mad Scientists are in a competition to come up with the best solution to a real-life mystery, and a mysterious UFO which Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb saw hovering over the school seems to offer the perfect opportunity to separate truth from fiction.
Kids are getting sick after lunch...and it's not because of questionable cafeteria food. It's poison! To solve the school mystery, the S.M.A.R.T.S. are ready to put their sharp minds to the test!
In the early days of the rebellion, a tight-knit group of rebels from various backgrounds banded together against all odds to do their part in the larger mission of defeating the Galactic Empire, sparking hope across the galaxy. The award-winning team from Lucasfilm Animation brought the beloved occupants of the Ghost into our homes five years ago, now, take a step behind-the-scenes to witness the journey from paper to screen with The Art of Star Wars Rebels. Featuring never-before-seen concept art and process pieces along with exclusive commentary from the creative team behind the show.
Hubble Middle School just got a 3-D printer for the use of the S.M.A.R.T.S. club, but when somebody breaks into the school at night to use the printer, Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb are blamed--so the friends need to use their skills to prove their innocence, bring the troublemaker to justice, and save their club.
Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata