A professor of marine studies, his self-effacing young assistant, and a Canadian harpooner join an expedition to investigate a monster that has been terrorizing the world.

This story takes place at Christmastime in 19th century London, where the lower class suffers and the rich and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge couldn't care less about the poor, and he hates Christmas.

This retelling brings the play to life in readers' imaginations, and to give them a sense of Shakespeare's way with words. The re-teller uses Shakespeare's actual imagery whenever possible.

Sherlock Holmes was the greatest detective in England. But there was one woman who had outsmarted him. A Scandal in Bohemia tells the story.

A Nick Ford Mystery. In this story, Nick and the kids are on Alcatraz Island. During their stay, they witness the attempted murder of a man from China who is attempting to sneak into the U.S.

Anne of Green Gables chronicles the hilarious mishaps that befall the freckled orphan on her way to becoming a young adult.

A Nick Ford Mystery. When Nick and the kids arrive in London, they learn that someone has been stealing and vandalizing national treasures.

The story takes place in 1894. Harvey Cheyne, a rich, young boy of fifteen, falls off a steamship hundreds of miles out to sea. He is rescued by a fishing boat.

A gripping tail from an urban high school and the struggles two friends and their teacher face.

Scientist Viktor Frankenstein has always dreamed of discovering the secret of life. Then one day, after weeks of exacting research and gory work, he succeeds.

Greek Myths I focuses on the major Greek gods and goddesses who Greeks believed lived on Olympus and ruled over heaven and Earth.

Greek Myths II recounts some of the most vivid tales in all of mythology. This book focuses on minor gods and human offspring of the gods.

A retelling of Shakespeare's masterwork. Set in medieval Denmark, Hamlet tells the story of a young prince who is caught between avenging the murder of his father and the doubts of his own conscience.

A gripping tail from an urban high school and the struggles two friends and their teacher face.

Love of Life (1903)
Two prospectors have stayed out in the wild Yukon until both are starving and lost.
To Build a Fire (1901)
A young man and a wiser husky set out across the wilderness.

Suppose that someone told you they had found out about a cave that went all the way down to the center of the earth? Would you think they were crazy? Join them as they start their journey down!

An exciting retelling of Julius Caesar, a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator, Julius Cesar, his assassination and its aftermath.

This is the story of a young man trying to learn the true meaning of pride and courage from an older man who sometimes seems to have a bit too much of both!

This book is a vivid prose retelling of Shakespeare's great tragedy.

Little Women, with its lively, three-dimensional characters, is as delightful today as it was a century ago.

Lord Jim is one of Joseph Conrad’s greatest novels. This thrilling novel is about all young people’s need for self-forgiveness and self-acceptance when they fall short of their own ideals.

A retelling of a William Shakespeare classic.

A retelling of the classic Mark Twain stories The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, A Curious Dream, and A Story from Life on the Mississippi.

A retelling of the Sophocles classic. A cursed city, an unsolved murder, and their king's horrible secret.

Through lively, moving dialogue, this narrative retells the dramatic and tragic story of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays.