Stephanie Watson

This informative title highlights the life of Prince. Readers will learn about his childhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including an early interest in music that led him to teach himself to play several instruments at a young age. The book discusses Prince's legendary music career, from the release his first album when he was only 19 years old up to his 2015 release, HITnRUN. Prince's diverse musical influences are explored, as is the 1984 album Purple...

"On March 19, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. His election to the papacy was notable in many ways. He became the first pope from the Americas, the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere, the first non-European pope in more than 1,200 years, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope to choose the name Francis. Pope Francis was not the person that most people expected to...

When a group of friends starts getting together to play an old game that they discovered in a basement called "Black Magic," they begin to discover that the game's promise of granting good fortune at the expense of enemies is coming true, to a horrific extent.

Presents a study of the physical forces at work during soccer, volleyball, and cycling competitions, exploring the science of how athletes kick, hit, and pedal their performances, as well as how athletes try to stay aerodynamic with their uniforms.

Provides information on the increase of drug-resistant germs called "superbugs" and different viewpoints on how to deal with the issue.

This book describes the dangers of fast food, which tends to have a lot of fat and calories, and explains how being overweight leads to serious diseases and conditions.

Colin Kaepernick is a famous football star. He protested police treatment of black people in the United States by kneeling during the national anthem. Read about how he started a movement!

Hector and Louie are writing a book to explain the many reasons that they are the best friends in the universe--but will their friendship, and their book, survive when they start to reveal each others secrets?

Teens will look into their self-image, not only exploring the ways they see themselves but also how others see them in this straightforward volume. Readers learn about the external influences on self-image and are presented with goal setting strategies for creating behavior that results in a positive frame of mind.