Books published by publisher Scholastic Prof Book Div

It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of fever. Down near the docks, many have taken ill, and the fatalities are mounting. Now they include Polly, the serving girl at the Cook Coffeehouse. But fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook doesn't get a moment to mourn the passing of her childhood playmate. New customers have overrun her family's coffee shop, located far from the mosquito-infested river, and Mattie's concerns of fever are all but overshadowed by dreams of growing her family's small business into a thriving enterprise. But when the fever begins to strike closer to home, Mattie's struggle to build a new life must give way to a new fight—the fight to stay alive.

From BooklistHere's a rare commodity: a YA novel teens can really sink their teeth into. It's about love, friendship, responsibilities, rebellion, and identity, and it's wrapped in such a vivid depiction of the 1950s small-town youth culture that it's as if you're really there. Sixteen-year-old Bronwyn Lewis is sure that the only way a displaced New Jersey person like herself will make it in rural California is to own a car. It will be her ticket to acceptance and excitment--and to boys--as well as a way of acting out against her father, whose alcoholism and attempted suicide she's unwilling to forgive or forget. Although a car does enable her to find a group, it can't help her choose between two boys: solid, sensitive outsider Will Harding and cool, sexy bad boy JC. Although this is a first novel, there's none of the usual awkwardness; Hobbs manipulates the elements (including the sex) with energy, confidence, and surprise.

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: Philip Reeve Mortal Engines Collection 8 Books Set: Scrivener's Moon: In a future land once known as Britain, nomad tribes are preparing to fight a terrifying enemy - the first-ever mobile city. Before London can launch itself, young engineer Fever Crumb journeys to the wastelands of the North to seek out the ancient birthplace of the Scriven mutants. Night Flights: In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorised cities attack and devour each other, London hunts where no other predator dares. But Anna Fang - pilot, adventurer, spy - isn't afraid. Predator's Gold: When Tom and Hester's scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, they seek sanctuary in the speeding ice city of Anchorage. Mortal Engines: Tom Natsworthy and the murderous Hester Shaw, flung from the fast-moving city of London into heart-stopping adventures in the wastelands of the Great Hunting Ground. Infernal Devices: Tom and Hester's daughter, Wren, longs to escape the peace of static Anchorage. She craves the dangerous adventures her parents once had. A Darkling Plain: Agents for peace are bringing an end to the devastating conflict between the roaming Traction Cities and their fanatical enemies while Wren and her father Tom travel. Fever Crumb: FEVER CRUMB is set many generations before the events of Mortal Engines, in whose brilliantly-imagined world massive, predatory Traction Cities chase and devour each other. A Web of Air: Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre.