Ten Girls Who Made History
9 best books like Ten Girls Who Made History (Irene Howat): The Shakespeare Stealer, North! or Be Eaten, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion, The Toothpaste Millionaire, Detectives in Togas, The Fallacy Detective
| Author | Gary L. Blackwood |
| ISBN | 0141305959 |
Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's players perform. As full of twists and turns...
| Author | Andrew Peterson |
| ISBN | 1400073871 |
First they found themselves On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. Now they must make their way North! Or Be Eaten . . .
Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they're really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary...
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
| Author | Donald J. Sobol |
| ISBN | 0553157248 |
I could say that I loved the Encyclopedia Brown series as a kid, but that wouldn't be entirely accurate. I wanted to *be* Encyclopedia Brown. When you're the nerdy kid on your block, and you discover a character who is the smartest kid in school, kind of popular despite that fact, can not only stand up to...
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| ISBN | 0142406120 |
In this new mission, Alex Rider has to infiltrate a secretive boarding school for spoiled teenage kids of rich parents who need a little bit of etiquette.
So Alex Rider takes on a new identity… and personality! Indeed, he is required to blend in – act spoiled, wear dirty clothes, be unpolite,...
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| ISBN | 0142406147 |
Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now...
Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion
| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
| ISBN | 1846972558 |
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, new, enchanting tale for children, we see how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know...
The Toothpaste Millionaire
| Author | Jean Merrill |
| ISBN | 0618759255 |
Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he...
| Author | Henry Winterfeld |
| ISBN | 0152162801 |
In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure.
Yes, Rufus wrote CAIUS IS A DUMBBELL on his tablet at school, but no, he did not break into the...
| Author | Nathaniel Bluedorn |
| ISBN | 0974531502 |
The Fallacy Detective has been the best selling text for teaching logical fallacies and introduction to logic for over 15 years.
What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.
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