"As I Was Saying" by Augustus Gluten 

Mr. Gluten writes the story of his humble origins as a child in Germany to his meteoric rise to power in the candy industry.  

"Science Textbook"

This science textbook contains much of the human knowledge of Earth and the universe.

"They Came from the Sun" by Tom Mitchell

The story of a race of aliens that come to enslave the residents of Earth with their advanced weaponry.  Only one teacher can stop them, but is it too late?

“The Ant & The Grasshopper” 

Adapted by Chad Peplum

The really short story of an Ant who works hard all summer to prepare for winter and a Grasshopper who just plays.  Winter comes and the Grasshopper freezes to death.  The moral is “prepare today for tomorrow’s needs.”

"Bag Lunch" by Dillard Perkins

It is the fictional story of two young African American girls living in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960.  One day while waiting to buy food at a Woolworth's lunch counter, the girls find themselves at a significant crossroads in American history.  

“Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind” 

retold by Mitch Colwell

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was the toughest girl in the Wild West.  She flosses with rattlesnakes and dries her clothes in a tornado.  She’s tougher than a ten-year-old steak.  Read about her extraordinary adventures in this humorous text.  

“Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine!” 

By Sasha Marsh 

In this essay, Marsh tries to convince people to do small things to help the environment.  She gives readers many suggestions on how to live more eco-friendly and challenges readers to make the world a better place for future generations through small contributions. 

"Eric Vaser and the Educator’s Rock"

by J.P. Tumblin

This is the first book in the Eric Vaser series.  Eric goes to mage school and becomes a star student.  He learns to play pencetrench, a football like game played on flying platforms, and he fights to stop a growing evil within the school that will test his newfound magic powers. 

"Journal of a Lumpy Kid" by Ken Jiffy

In his first year of middle school, Hank Griffin, the main character of this story deals with “cooties,” older bullies, running for a class election, and other problems that many middle school students face.