Diane Zahler

Zita, cast aside by her father and raised as a kitchen maid, learns when she is nearly twelve that she is a princess and that her twelve sisters love her, and so when she discovers they are victims of an evil enchantment, she desperately tries to save them. Inspired by the Grimm fairy tale, "The twelve dancing princesses."

Could a few fleas really change the world? In the early 1300s, the world was on the brink of change. New trade routes in Europe and Asia brought people in contact with different cultures and ideas, while war and rebellions threatened to disrupt the lives of millions. Most people lived in crowded cities or as serfs tied to the lands of their overlords. Conditions were filthy, as most people drank water from the same sources they used for washing and...

"Twelve-year-old Princess Aurora has been cursed to prick her finger and sleep for one hundred years, but befoer her fate can come to pass, she and her sister Luna embark on a perilous journey to find the fairy who can break the curse"--

Than Shwe was part of a military coup that took over Burma in the 1960s. The British had granted Burma independence in 1948, but the country, with its many ethnic groups, had trouble building a democratic government. Than Shwe rose through the military ranks, and after the army stepped in to quell demonstrations and riots that began on August 8, 1988, he emerged as head of the military council. He became one of the most secretive and repressive leaders...

An eleven-year-old from a family that possesses unique magical abilities joins a traveling circus with an evil ringmaster who steals talents, forcing her to choose between forfeiting her powers and sacrificing her family.

In fifteenth-century England, commoner Nell and her best friend since infancy, Prince Ned, the future king, try to escape after being wrongfully imprisoned in the Tower of London. Includes historical notes and timeline.

In Spanish: "Si usted se esta⁺ѓ preparando para tomar la versio⁺ѓn en espan⁺ёol del examen de equivalencia de escuela secundaria del Examen TASC, esta es la u⁺ѓnica gui⁺ѓa que usted va a necesitar. Hecha por los creadores de exa⁺ѓmenes de CTB y McGraw-Hill, esta gui⁺ѓa lo lleva paso-por-paso por cada materia y por cada pregunta, supliendo explicaciones completas para cada respuesta. Cada seccio⁺ѓn incluye un examen preliminar...