Books in High-Fliers series

Princess Aurora has been in an enchanted sleep for 100 years, but her prince ran off with his personal trainer. Enter Luke Lively, who the Ministry of Fairytale computer has chosen to take over rescuing her. After many comic misadventures as Aurora gets used to modern life, she and Luke work together to create an amusement park out of her castle, getting the attention of a rich financier and Aurora's wayward prince. Aurora ultimately chooses to stay in her new life, and even doubtful Luke is pleased at this outcome.Text Type: Fantasy FictionTheme/Topic: Adventure, Argument, Opinion, and Persuasion

Even though his mother refuses to believe it, Harrison Bellringer cannot play the violin! Then Mrs. Bellringer remembers the wonderful violin her grandmother used to play - the violin with a magical past. Suddenly Harrison can play beautiful music, but the sinister Madame Viola D'Amore steals the violin right before his debut. In the end, justice prevails: Madame D'Amore goes to jail and Harrison goes back to playing kickball - very happily!Text Type: Fantasy FictionTheme/Topic: Art and Music, Personal Responsibility

Harry, a young assistant to a harbor shopkeeper, suddenly finds himself pressed into loading one of the ships of Lord Nelson's Navy during England's battles against France. A knock on the head keeps Harry on the ship after it sets sail. In his first terror, he finds his best friend George has been forced onto the ship, and he makes friends with Jack, an experienced sailor. Harry becomes a -powder monkey,- one of the young boys who carried explosive charges and powder to supply the gun crews -- a dangerous but important job. He survives a battle, and eventually returns home safely. Text Type: Historical Fiction, Realistic FictionTheme/Topic: World Connections, Human History

What's your sign? Learn how to steer by the stars and figure out which is your sign for the zodiac. Amongst this collection of myths and legends, poems, and pictures about the stars and planets, find out why people have studied the stars for thousands of years. Text Type: Folk Tales and Traditional StoriesTheme/Topic: Space Exploration, Transportation

This book is about communication and the communication inventions that changes the world. It divides the history of communication into four stages: The Manual Age, The Mechanical Age, The Electric Age, and the Electronic Age. As society became more complicated, people needed more information. Now, people are bombarded with communications continuously, and they sometimes feel there is too much to cope with. How can new communications technology help people in the future?Text Type: Expository, Explanation, ReportTheme/Topic: Media and Communication, Physical Science

The island was surrounded by deadly rocks, and filled with poisonous insects. Anyone who landed there was risking life and limb. So why had the ship quietly pulled into the harbor? Treasure! This book contains a historical fiction event written within a descriptive nonfiction text. Cocos Island was the first real Treasure Island. Many people believed that fabulous riches are still buried there, hidden by pirates of long ago.Text Type: Diaries, Journals, and Logs, RecountTheme/Topic: Adventure, Personal Responsibility

Nothing will stop her! This is the story of Melanie Brown, one of the five singer-dancers who became the world-famous Spice Girls. She had dreamed of fame since she was young and worked hard to achieve her goal the whole time she was in school. Along the way, she had to battle people who were jealous of her talent and intolerant of the color of her skin. Text Type: Biography, RecountTheme/Topic: Conflict and Challenge, Art and Music

Poor Wesley ... all he wants to do is hang out with his friends, but somehow things always just seem to happen to him. This time, a pair of pants start talking to him, ordering him to take them to the train station. So he does. Luckily for Wesley, his friends figure out who the pants belong to, whey they are talking (there's a cell phone in the pocket!), and get Wesley out of the scrape.Text Type: General Narrative, MysteryTheme/Topic: Conflict and Challenge, Friendship

Step into fun! How do airplanes stay in the air? What makes car wheels turn? This book explains how vehicles work. It gives complete instructions for making nine different moving models, including a submarine and a rocket. The procedural text includes a materials list, a step-by-step process, and opportunities to improve on the vehicle.Text Type: ExplanationTheme/Topic: Transportation, Physical Science

Tom doesn't have head lice -- he has head monkeys! He and his friend Nick have families of tiny macaques colonizing their heads. Angela is a young scientist who wants to help the boys keep the monkeys safe, but other people are getting greedy and the monkeys are in danger. Angela's friend Phil (a star of a nature television program) helps Angela and the boys return the macaques to their home, where they'll be safe. The boys miss the monkeys but are glad they've escaped experimentation.Text Type: Fantasy FictionTheme/Topic: Life Science, Personal Responsibility