Books with author Katherine Ace

This informative book begins, "Warm, tea-colored water swirls gently around our canoe as we paddle slowly up the salty channel." Take a journey through the Mangrove Swamp and learn about its many important roles. "...a home for wildlife; a protector of our coastal land and clear seas; a nursery ground for baby marine animals; and an amazing nutrition source for the abundant life in our shallow oceans."

This book is for ages 8-10. The lively, authentic drawings and descriptive paragraphs of this book tell why Hawaiian coral reefs are unique and environmentally important. Boasting some of the world's most richly coloured animals, the Hawaiian reefs are home to many found nowhere else on earth. The author depicts 100 animals and reef plants, lists their Hawaiian, English and scientific names, and helps the reader to understand why the fragile coral reefs must be protected and how each of us can help.

Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity was written by the pulitzer prize-winning american investigative journalist, katheirne boo this book is a documentary of the writer's experiences in a mumbai slum called annawadi between november 2007 and march 2011 the story in this book primarily focuses on three main families abdul, belonging to one of these families is an expert in shifting garbage from one place to anotherone leg, a cripple living in annawadi, has sexual desires that can't be fulfilled by her husband another important chracter in this book is asha, a political worker belonging to the shiv sena party she is the most ambitious person in the book, and hopes to become a slumlord one day by treading the tried-and-tested path of political corruptionin behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity, though the characters all belong to an impoverished background, they still share the common emotion of hope hope is the only thing that keeps them from falling apart in their bleak existence this book portrays how poor people are alienated into staying poor all their lives by the richer sections of society, from whom they barely recieve any helpfor the people living in annawadi, earning enough money to become a part of the middle-class is a grand dream that most cant acheive this book portrays the story of how abdul the garbage shifter is falsely implicated in the murder of his neighbour, fatima behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity is a compelling depiction of real-life people living in an impverished mumbai slumthis book was published by penguin india in 2013, and is available in the form of a paperback

"Bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classicAfter suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn't think--she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with ""the smiling man,"" a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. Ollie is captivated by the tale until her school trip the next day to Smoke Hollow, a local farm with a haunting history all its own. There she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she's been reading about. Could it be the story about the smiling man is true? Ollie doesn't have too long to think about the answer to that. On the way home, the school bus breaks down, sending their teacher back to the farm for help. But the strange bus driver has some advice for the kids left behind in his care: ""Best get moving. At nightfall they'll come for the rest of you."" Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie's previously broken digital wristwatch, a keepsake reminder of better times, begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN. Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed the bus driver's warning. As the trio head out into the woods--bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them--the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: ""Avoid large places. Keep to small."" And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins."

Eleven-year-old Tyler Stoudt starts sixth grade off on the wrong foot. She has Ms. Custer, the toughest teacher in school, who has announced that the schoolwork for the year will revolve around one project: a family tree. Tyler doesn't have a family tree--she has only Papa. As Papa said, her family tree was "chop down and burnt up. " But Tyler decides to do her best on the family tree project. Does she have grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles? Tyler wants to know, but she is afraid of what she might find out.

It is London 1665, a year fraught with strange and unearthly events. Comets fly low in the sky while merchants clamor for war. Eleven year old Erasmus T. Muddiman attends St Paul’s School with his younger brother. He enjoys Latin but hates to create Latin verses, preferring the new sciences as seen at the Royal Society. He plays football with the lads in Paul’s Yard, shimmies up the drainpipe outside his bedchamber window and he saves his brother, Desiderius, from all sorts of scrapes. Soon, Erasmus cannot avoid the rumors of war. Men and boys are pressganged, taken to ships or the dockyards. Plague enters the city. As school fellows disappear, Erasmus and his family meet a terrible fate of survival. Who will live and who will die?

"The books in this series give in-depth coverage to four of the Ancient World's most important civilizations. The books show how these civilizations began, how they developed and became large and important ones, and how they eventually died out. Trade, arts, education, and political and religious topics are all covered"--Provided by publisher.Introduces ancient Egyptian civilization, discussing the climate of the country and the social life and customs, religion, and politics of the people who lived there.

Will Spencer's family has always helped slaves passing through on the Underground Railroad. Now, as Will prepares to leave town and seek his fortune as a peddler, he promises a runaway slave that he will steal his older brother out of the South -- an adventure that will take him into the heart of slavery's evil. Included in Young Adult 10 only. An Accelerated Reader® title

"The books in this series give in-depth coverage to four of the Ancient World's most important civilizations. The books show how these civilizations began, how they developed and became large and important ones, and how they eventually died out. Trade, arts, education, and political and religious topics are all covered"--Provided by publisher.Describes the development of Roman civilization from its early beginnings through its eventual demise, and discusses trade, arts, education, politics and religion.