Books in Get-Ready Book series

Move over Dora the Explorer. Out of the way Junie B. Gabí está aquí! A school and family-based Little Apple series with a funny, spunky Latina main character--a wonderful first for Scholastic!It's so hard to say, ¡ADIOS! Gabi LOVES that her abuelita is visiting. But she knows that sooner or later Abuelita has to go back home to Puerto Rico...unless Gabi can think up a plan to make her stay. Gabi tries teaching Abuelita to speak English, signing them up for kickboxing classes, & helping out with chores. But the whispered plans between her parents & Abuelita don't stop. Gabi's going to have to come up with something better, something BIGGER, something more...risky. But Gabi can't think of everything. And she's about to get a GRANDE surprise she could never have seen coming...

Girl Reporter Charged with First-Degree NosinessCall the perky patrol! Real News editor Megan O'Connor has gone too far. She's started a new advice column called JAM ("Just Ask Megan"), and Casey Smith, girl reporter, is sure it will be nothing but a magnet for losers. But then JAM gets an anonymous letter from a student who is clearly in deep trouble. Casey knows she's on the trail of a hot scoop, and she's determined to get her story--even if it means exposing the student. Is Casey in over her head? Get real!

A fun collection of three fables based on Ethiopian proverbs for practice in reading Afaan Oromo and English. Ready Set Go Books, an Open Hearts Big Dreams Project (http://openheartsbigdreams.org/book-project/), is focused on increasing the literacy rate in Ethiopia through giving readers books with stories in their heart languages, full of colorful illustrations with Ethiopian settings and details. Profits from books sales will be used to create, print, and distribute more Ready Set Go Books to kids in Ethiopia. The three stories in this collection were inspired by wise sayings from Ethiopia that many people know and use. The sayings often rhyme in Amharic. If an adult says the first half, many children can chant the second half. Sometimes the meaning of these sayings is clear. Sometimes it has to be puzzled out and argued over. But sayings and idioms and proverbs help people express truths and beliefs in unusual ways. Illustrations in this collection were created by children and adults donating their artistic efforts to spreading book love around the world. Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund (OHBD) is a 501(3)(c) not for profit organization that believes the chance to dream big dreams should not depend on where in the world you are born. Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country. Ethiopia’s population is 44% children, ages 0-14 (43 million out of 97 million total). Only 5.5% of children attend pre-school or kindergarten. Only 68% of ages 7-12 attend primary school. Adult literacy stands at 49% with men at 57% and women at 41%. Only 7.5% of the adult population have any post-secondary education. OHBD MISSION: Inspiring and enabling youth, their communities and organizations who serve them by providing literacy, education, commercial and leadership opportunities. Our focus is to support 501(c)(3) organizations and their programs that provide literacy, K-12 education, leadership as well as that support the parents and communities where the kids live, in Ethiopia.

In an effort to escape a lifetime of traumatizing chaos thanks to a neglectful, alcoholic mother and the subsequent unknown identity of her father, fiercely independent and overtly self-reliant seventeen-year-old Jane Bouddic seeks refuge in the only reliable, steadfast safe haven she has come to know and trust- Martial Arts. Looking to enjoy a desperately needed carefree summer break, Jane's plans go up in smoke one evening after a particularly exhausting karate class when she is approached by a mysterious figure named Jack who hails from a secret agency, anointing her with the daunting task of saving the world from an elite Russian terrorist. Jane ends up on a dangerous collision course with not only an evil supervillain, but also many unknown and unwanted truths about her own past she never sees coming. You will find yourself cheering for the young heroine the entire way as she is forced to search the depths of her soul and face the rawness of her own humanity. Intensely protective of Jane, her older, infinitely sexy, and seemingly unattainable fellow karate classmate and best friend Lucas Schaefer frustratingly finds himself shut out of her life as she turns down his constant insistence to rescue her and finds himself stopping at nothing to gain a foothold in her treacherous adventure. Readers can expect to enjoy an endearing, underlying love story that will tease until the very end.

Move over Dora the Explorer. Out of the way Junie B. Gabí está aquí! A school and family-based Little Apple series with a funny, spunky Latina main character--a wonderful first for Scholastic!Maritza Gabriela Morales Mercado (Gabí para sus amigos) tiene muchos problemas. Su peor enemigo, Johnny Wiley, la vuelve loca, ¡y ahora Gabí debe pasar todo un mes haciendo un proyecto escolar con él! Gabí está tan enojada que no puede ni pensar. ¡Mezcla las palabras en inglés con las palabras en español y lo que habla es una jerigonza incomprensible! ¿Podrá recuperar el juicio? ¿O tendrá la lengua enredada por siempre?

Watch out world! Gabi esta aqui! (That means: Gabi is here!) A school and family-based Little Apple series with a funny, spunky Latina main character--a wonderful first for Scholastic!With her friends and familia by her side, Gabi is ready for anything...sort of. Gabi's getting new neighbors...and they are a big mystery. After a little investigating, Gabi discovers a pink and purple bike just like hers in the moving van---and that can only mean one thing: a new friend! Now Gabi, her BFFs (Best Friends Forever), and Abuelita (her grandma who's visiting from Puerto Rico) are doing a little snooping to find out: ?que pasa? What's up with the mystery neighbors?

Strange Epidemic Infects School!Symptoms include constant hair flipping, eye batting, and the sudden use of hair gel. Diagnosis: First Dance Flu! Could everyone really be more interested in going to the dance then tracking down a school vandal? Casey Smith, girl reporter, pushes past her dance-crazed classmates to find the culprit and enlists the help of Tyler McKenzie. Tyler with the deep brown eyes and really cute smile...Could Casey be coming down with Dance Flu herself? Get Real.