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Hotelitor: Luxury-Class Defense and Hospitality Unit

Hotelitor is the finest hospitality craft in its colony, equipped with jet feet, a hyperspace engine, and single, double, and adjoining rooms. When a giant alien attacks the ship, Hotelitor's surviving guests and staff find themselves stranded in deep space. There, 18-year-old intern Anna Green must take charge. Alongside her fellow entry-level service workers, she'll try to control the chaos while rival factions emerge, wealthy VIPs seize hotel resources, and the musician-in-residence develops a literal cult following. As Anna and her friends search for a way home, shocking discoveries about Hotelitor's owners await themÑif another giant alien doesn't smash the crew first.

How Can I Help? (21st Century Junior Library)

People all over the world are making a big difference in lots of ways. In this series, readers are invited to join them. Each book in the How Can I Help? series gives readers an up-close look at a global, national, or community nonprofit that is dedicated to making positive changes in our world. Readers will explore the history and impact of these mission-driven organizations, while building empathy and learning how they, too, can turn inspiration into action. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage readers to Think, Create, Guess, and Ask Questions as they explore each organization.

How Can I Help? What Individuals Can Do About Climate Change

The climate is changing and the causes are well understood. How Can I Help? What Individuals Can Do About Climate Change provides common sense, eco-friendly solutions for readers who wish to take positive actions to lower their carbon footprints.

How Mom Met Mama

Once upon a time, a woman meets a mermaid and falls in love. But the story doesnÎt end there. Before they can live their happily ever after, the pair must go on a fantastical journey full of pirates, dragons, trolls, and wizards. What do you think happens next? Learn the (possibly) true story of how a girlÎs two mothers met.

How Nature Works

How Nature Works books employ vivid photography and text (3,000 © 4,000 words) to ask questions of the natural world. These inquiry-based books, designed to stimulate active minds, include two Junior Library Guild selections, starred reviews, three NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books of the Year, and an Audubon Magazine EditorÎs Choice.

How People Live (Fast Track)

People live in all kinds of places, from bustling cities to remote mountains, and from the cold tundra to hot deserts. Our physical environment can affect the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the houses we build, and how we get around. This fascinating series takes readers on a journey around the world. By focusing on familiar, everyday activities, it shows how peopleÎs lives can be very different, but also very similar, to our own.

Human 2.0: A Celebration of Human Bionics

From cochlear implants and pacemakers to bionic arms and legs, pioneering technological breakthroughs have changed lives. For some people, particularly those with disabilities, recent advances have crossed the realm of imagination into reality. People with paraplegia can walk again, those who are hearing impaired can listen to even the faintest sounds, and people with missing limbs can create beautiful works of art. This phenomenal book is a celebration of all that has been achieved so far, and a look at what might be possible in the future. Is it inevitable that technology will surpass biology?

Human Rights at Risk (BrightPoint Press)

Human Rights at Risk explores some of the most urgent human-rights issues that challenge nations around the world today. Each book examines the issue, its history, which areas are most affected by it, and what organizations are doing to help. Topics include gender violence, human trafficking, refugee and immigrant rights, reproductive rights, and excessive use of force by police. Each book includes a graphic that presents key information visually, Source Notes, and resources to aid in further research.

Human-Made Disasters

This series takes readers behind the scenes of some of the worldÎs worst spills, fires, and explosions. Readers learn the causes and impacts of each type of disaster, as well as how people are working to prevent future damage. Each book pairs short paragraphs of easy-to-read-text with plentiful photos and includes a table of contents, fast facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and a list of resources for further reading.

Hurricamp!

Ten-and-three-quarter-year-old Laura ""Noodle"" Newman had high hopes about going to sleepaway camp for the first time. Once she's there, however, Noodle is miserable. No one can help her get over her terrible homesickness. Things go from bad to worse when Noodle panics while talking on the camp's radio station. Noodle's moment to shine becomes a bout of stage fright as her bunkmates laugh at her. As a menacing hurricane heads up the coast, life at Camp Hillside turns upside down. Through the craziness, Noodle realizes that only one person can make her feel better: herself.