Books with author C. Ballard

It's a hot Georgia afternoon, and Melissa has just been dumped at a stranger's house for the entire summer. Things start off badly enough, then they get worse. She discovers that the stranger, Miss Vellie, didn't even know she was coming! Melissa cries herself to sleep that first night . . . and the next . . . and the next. Is Melissa just homesick, or is there something more to it? And what on earth can an angry fourteen-year-old and a retired English teacher have in common? Light at Summer's End is dedicated to all the children who grieve the loss of their siblings because of abortion.

Find out how our plant classification system works and look at how scientists use it to identify and group plant species. This book examines the features required to classify a plant, the key plant kingdoms and the plants that fall within them. This also looks at the variation between and within plant species and debates how and why such variations have occurred. Includes fieldwork investigations that show students at Key Stage 3 how to classify plants in their area and fascinating fact boxes that offer in-depth information on topics such as mutation. An activity project shows students how to create their own classification key. The six books in the Living Processes series look at the processes all living organisms must carry out in order to stay alive. From feeding and drinking through to breathing and reproducing, it explores the differing ways in which organisms carry them out.

The earth sprouts a huge diversity of plant life—including 25, known species of flowering plants—and many more are waiting to be discovered and classified. Each plant species is carefully divided into categories by its characteristics such as its root system, leaf pattern, and whether it produces seeds. This book provides a detailed account of plants and the methods by which they are classified. Helpful diagrams, drawings, photographs, and sidebars will fascinate readers.