Zane the puffer fish tries hard to be brave, but he is scared of everything! Then Zane discovers he has special skills that can keep him safe. Will brave Zane use these skills to outwit a hungry shark? Stairway Decodables is a supplemental phonics resource that's perfect for supporting small group instruction, independent reading, or reading practice at home. This title provides practice in decoding words with silent e.
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina. Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hits. Unexpectedly separated from all family, Zane and his dog experience the terror of Katrina's wind, rain, and horrific flooding. Facing death, they are rescued from an attic air vent by a kind, elderly musician and a scrappy young girl--both African American. The chaos that ensues as storm water drowns the city, shelter and food vanish, and police contribute to a dangerous, frightening atmosphere, creates a page-turning tale that completely engrosses the reader. Based on the facts of the worst hurricane disaster in U.S. history, Philbrick includes the lawlessness and lack of government support during the disaster as well as the generosity and courage of those who risked their lives and safety to help others. Here is an unforgettable novel of heroism in the face of truly challenging circumstances.
History is full of brave men performing heroic deeds. But what aboutwomen? Though their stories are often overlooked, they are no less thrilling: On the night of April 26, 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington rode her horse to warn local minutemen that the British were attacking Danbury, Connecticut. Sybil rode all night, covered twice as much ground as Paul Revere, and did not get captured. Betty Zane helped save Fort Henry in the Northwest Territories in 1782 while running to get ammunition for the defenders. Author Zane Grey was her great-great grandson. Susie Taylor was born a slave in 1848. After escaping in 1862, she joined the military. She also taught others to read and write, later opening a private school for black children in Savannah, Georgia. In the early 1700s, Anne Bonney and Mary Read began their careers as pirates. Ride the high seas with them and Calico Jack on theSloop William. Want to know more?Courageous Womenbrings these stories and many others to life in thirty-two intriguing sketches.
Zane Grey was a disappointed aspirant to major league baseball and an unhappy dentist when he belatedly decided to take up writing at the age of thirty. He went on to become the most successful American author of the 1920s, a significant figure in the early development of the film industry, and a central player in the early popularity of the Western. Thomas H. Pauly's work is the first full-length biography of Grey to appear in over thirty years. Using a hitherto unknown trove of letters and journals, including never-before-seen photographs of his adventures--both natural and amorous--Zane Grey has greatly enlarged and radically altered the current understanding of the superstar author, whose fifty-seven novels and one hundred and thirty movies heavily influenced the world's perception of the Old West.
A brave Texas Ranger risks his life against avenging outlaws to rescue the woman he secretly loves . . . a beautiful seductress comes bewteen two brothers . . . a desperate fugitive seeks sanctuary with a peace-loving people . . . and a daring young schoolteacher journeys West to meet the man who has captured her heart. Over 30 million Zane Grey paperbacks sold since 1954.
Savannah doesn't want to be evil anymore. But trapped in this Oni Realm of demons and darkness she sees no way out. Little does she know she's about to enter the human realm at the hands of an unknown stranger. She will meet Zane who is a Christian teenager and be introduced to the truth about God. Savannah realizes there is still darkness in this human realm as a psychotic scientist with a vendetta is bent on experimenting on Oni's. She is a target. Will she escape the torture? Will her new friends save her? Will she understand what it means to go from darkness to light?
