This high-interest informational text will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and nonfiction reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled nonfiction science reader features hands-on, simple science experiments. Third grade students will learn all about matter through this engaging text that is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and supports STEM education.

In this guide to costumes and makeup, you'll read about the history, planning, and work involved in designing costumes and creating makeup for the stage. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this nonfiction book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt students to connect back to the text. The Think Link and Dig Deeper sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

In a past-post apocalyptic North America the dust has been settled for centuries; but the cry of rebellion is ready to upset it once again as the Western United Territories has broken free from the oppression of the Western Continental Republic. Armies march to quell the rebellion, but a new power is poised to upset even the best layed plans and the fate of a people hang on the shoulders of a few brave soldiers and a woe-some father as the continent descends into war. Prepare for struggle not just of might but of wills as some fight not just their enemies but themselves and ask the question, "what does it mean to be human?"