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Books with author Jennifer McKissack Moss

  • Look Inside a Pueblo

    Jennifer McKissack Moss

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2010)
    The Pueblo Indians built villages of stone or adobe with doors in the roofs. Look inside a pueblo to learn more about the life of Native Americans in the southwestern United States.
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  • Look Inside a Castle

    Jennifer McKissack Moss

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2010)
    In the Middle Ages, kings and nobles built strong, stone castles to keep out their enemies. Look inside a castle to learn more about life in medieval Europe.
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  • Sanctuary

    Jennifer McKissack

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Sept. 29, 2015)
    A haunting and luminous Gothic YA novel about reckoning with the ghosts of one's dark past.After the untimely death of her aunt Laura, Cecilia Cross is forced to return to Sanctuary, a rambling, old French-Gothic mansion that crowns a remote island off the coast of Maine. Cecilia is both drawn to and repulsed by Sanctuary. The scent of the ocean intoxicates her, but she's also haunted by the ghosts of her past -- of her father who died at Sanctuary five years ago, and of her mother who was committed soon after. The memories leave Cecilia feeling shaken, desperate to run away and forget her terrible family history.But then a mysterious guest arrives at Sanctuary: Eli Bauer, a professor sent to examine Sanctuary's library. Cecilia is intrigued by this strange young man who seems so interested in her -- even more interested in her than in the books he is meant to be studying. Who is he and what does he want? Can Cecilia possibly trust her growing feelings for him? And can he help her make peace with her haunted, tragic past?
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  • Sanctuary

    Jennifer McKissack

    eBook (Scholastic Press, Sept. 29, 2015)
    A haunting and luminous Gothic YA novel about reckoning with the ghosts of one's dark past.After the untimely death of her aunt Laura, Cecilia Cross is forced to return to Sanctuary, a rambling, old French-Gothic mansion that crowns a remote island off the coast of Maine. Cecilia is both drawn to and repulsed by Sanctuary. The scent of the ocean intoxicates her, but she's also haunted by the ghosts of her past -- of her father who died at Sanctuary five years ago, and of her mother who was committed soon after. The memories leave Cecilia feeling shaken, desperate to run away and forget her terrible family history.But then a mysterious guest arrives at Sanctuary: Eli Bauer, a professor sent to examine Sanctuary's library. Cecilia is intrigued by this strange young man who seems so interested in her -- even more interested in her than in the books he is meant to be studying. Who is he and what does he want? Can Cecilia possibly trust her growing feelings for him? And can he help her make peace with her haunted, tragic past?"
  • How Robots Work

    Jennifer McKissack Moss, Nicola Ferrier

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2013)
    Our world is teeming with robots. Robotic arms build cars in factories. Military robots disarm bombs in war zones. And robot vacuum cleaners suck the dirt off our floors. But how do all of these robots work? From their computer brains to their super sensors, learn how robots are changing the world we live in.
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  • How Robots Work

    Jennifer McKissack Moss, Nicola Ferrier

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2013)
    Our world is teeming with robots. Robotic arms build cars in factories. Military robots disarm bombs in war zones. And robot vacuum cleaners suck the dirt off our floors. But how do all of these robots work? From their computer brains to their super sensors, learn how robots are changing the world we live in.
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  • little red riding hood

    jennifer moss

    Hardcover (Storytime book, March 15, 1976)
    good condition for a book this age