"When Jake wants to go to school, his family is horrified! School is all rotten rules and terrible ten-legged teachers. Pirates don't go to school! Or do they? A fabulously funny tale, perfect for calming those first day of school nerves." --

"This special edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate adventure is packed with thrilling action and stunning illustrations. Follow young Jim Hawkins as he boards the Hispanola and sets sail across the high seas in search of buried treasure. Danger lies ahead as he encounters mutiny, murder, shipwreck and the mysterious Long John Silver." --P. [4] of cover.

"Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was old school and stubborn. But after twenty straight losing seasons and his job on the line, he was ready to try anything. So when he met with GM Neal Huntington in October 2012, they decided to discard everything they knew about the game and instead take on drastic "big data" strategies. Going well beyond the number-crunching of Moneyball, which used statistics found on the back of baseball cards to identify...

Excited by the idea that authors actually get paid real money for writing books, Molly Mac is determined to get the author visiting her class to reveal the secret to his success, even going so far as to build a special mind-controlling hat to steal the secret if necessary--but she is discouraged by what he tells the class.

What you're holding in your hands is a very funny and sometimes poignant look at fathers. It's filled with stories of what it's been like as a dad and a son, from a child's first day of kindergarten to the awkward sex talk, right up to the day the always practical dad tries to pay for college with bonus miles. While bookstores are filled with tales of mothers, their children, and families, there are so few from the dad's side. Now, as a public...

Even though Tank and Joey were friends now, they still had some issues. When Joey takes Tank to go fishing with his Uncle Mike, they run into all kinds of problems. First they are late, then the fish aren't biting, but even worse, there's a disappearing sailboat in the very shallow Saugus River! Legend had it, there was pirate treasure buried on Dungeon Rock. Three pirates were found, but the fourth--Thomas Veal--escaped and moved the treasure to...

When he asks his mother, a privateer for Queen Elizabeth, to go to school she insists it be the best one in the world, only it is over four hundred years in the future.

"The Mystery Inc. gang is going on a treasure hunt when Scooby disappears. Did a pirate ghost take him? It's up the gang to solve the mystery and find Scooby!"--Page [4] of cover.

Twelve-year-old Hailey and her BFFs are all big fans of Collin Prince, a YouTube star, and swoon-worthy crush. So when the opportunity to meet him at a local Comic-Con comes up, the girls jump at the chance. The problem? The convention isn’t cheap—and the girls don’t have the money to go. But Hailey isn’t ready to give up just yet. In addition to meeting Collin at the convention, there is a young writer’s competition that she is determined...