Geographic Orientation/California
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The Compton Cowboys: And the Fight to Save Their Horse Ranch
$16.99 Read moreIn this young readers’ edition, a rising New York Times reporter tells the compelling story of the Compton Cowboys, a group of African-American men and women who defy stereotypes and continue the prou
- Author: Thompson-Hernandez, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 0062956841
- Language: English
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When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and del Martin Built a Community
$15.95 Read moreWhen You Look Out the Window tells the story of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, one of San Francisco’s most well-known and politically active lesbian couples.
Describing the view from Phyllis and Del’s- Author: Pitman, Gayle E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1433827360
- Language: English
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The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich
$16.99 Add to cartBad guys tremble at the sound of his name!
Meet Melvin Beederman. He’s a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superh- Series: Melvin Beederman, Superhero #1
- Author: Trine, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0805078363
- Language: English
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Timescape
$16.99 Add to cartWhich door would you go through to save the world?
David, Xander, and Toria King never know what new adventures–and dangers–await them beyond the mysterious portals hidden on the top floor of their n
- Series: Dreamhouse Kings #4
- Author: Liparulo, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 29 2010
- ISBN10: 1595548939
- Language: English
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist)
$15.99 Add to cartAn astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.
A National Book Award Finalist
A YALSA Award for Excellence- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250073499
- Language: English
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S Is for San Francisco
$19.95 Add to cartS is for San Francisco takes you on an A-B-C tour of San Francisco’s most popular icons including the Ferry Building, cable cars, seals on Pier 39, Golden Gate Park and twenty-one other places and thi… [more below]
- Series: Alphabet Cities
- Author: Kernahan, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1942402341
- Language: English
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Snowshoe Thompson: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
$5.99 Add to cartChristmas is coming, and Danny’s father is away digging for gold…
Danny wishes his dad would come home from Nevada for Christmas and writes him a letter to tell him so. When snow cuts off the mail un
- Series: I Can Read Level 3
- Author: Levinson, Nancy Smiler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0064442063
- Language: English
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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
$18.99 Add to cartDiscover the incredible story of a young daughter of immigrants who would grow up to be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American ever elected Vice President of the United St… [more below]
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1534462678
- Language: English
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My Life as a Stuntboy
$9.99 Add to cartDerek Fallon gets the opportunity of a lifetime–to be a stunt boy in a major movie featuring a pretty teen starlet. After accepting the job he learns that he is the star’s stunt double and must wear
- Series: My Life #2
- Author: Tashjian, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1250010381
- Language: English
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House of Dark Shadows
$16.99 Add to cartThe King family has moved into a strange old house. Could it be a dream come true–or a place of nightmares?
When the Kings move from LA to a secluded small town, fifteen-year-old Xander is beyond disa
- Series: Dreamhouse Kings #1
- Author: Liparulo, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 1595547274
- Language: English
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Key Player (Front Desk #4)
$8.99 Add to cartMia Tang is going for the goal in the fourth Front Desk novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang!
Mia Tang is play to win!
The Women’s World Cup is coming to Southern California, and everyo
- Series: Front Desk
- Author: Yang, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1338859544
- Language: English
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Condor Comeback
$11.99 Add to cartWinner of the Green Earth Book Award
Sibert Medalist, National Book Award Honoree, and New York Times bestselling author Sy Montgomery turns her formidable talents to the story of California condors an
- Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback)
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0063290782
- Language: English
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Dear Miss Karana
$16.00 Add to cartWhile reading Island of the Blue Dolphins at school and learning about the real woman stranded on San Nicol s Island, ten-year-old T shmal begins writing emails to “Miss Karana” in hopes of talking to… [more below]
- Author: Elliott, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1597143235
- Language: English
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Adopted by Indians: A True Story
$18.00 Add to cartThis book gives younger readers a close-up view of traditional California Indian life and early California. Thomas Jefferson Mayfield kept a wonderful secret for almost sixty years: the secret of his … [more below]
- Author: Mayfield, Thomas Jefferson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0930588932
- Language: English
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I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir
$14.99 Add to cart“The riveting opening sets the stage as the family raced to a rickety boat to escape their homeland, dodging communist gunfire as they ran . . . Su offers a compelling narrative of immigrant life, cul
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Su, Lac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0061543667
- Language: English
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Bushels & Feasts: 170 Farm to Table Recipes for a Gluten and Grain Free Lifestyle
$132.00 Add to cartBUSHELS & FEASTS is a collaboration between professionally trained chef Rina Thoma and international bestselling cookbook author Sarah Fragoso. The result is a celebration of real food inspired by the
- Author: Thoma, Rina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: October 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1735926213
- Language: English
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Pintxos: Small Plates in the Basque Tradition [A Cookbook]
$26.99 Add to cartAn authentic small plates cookbook from the top Basque chef in America.
Acclaimed chef Gerald Hirigoyen’s sophisticated and delectable small plates, served at his restaurants, Bocadillos and Piperade- Author: Hirigoyen, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1580089224
- Language: English
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RMS Queen Mary
$31.99 Add to cartLaunched in an era when speed and grandeur went hand in hand, the RMS Queen Mary is the last survivor of the golden age of ocean liners. From the time of her maiden voyage in 1936, passengers crossed … [more below]
- Author: Tarbell Cooper, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: July 14 2010
- ISBN10: 1531653383
- Language: English
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Carmel: A History in Architecture
$31.99 Add to cartCarmel is a microcosm of California’s architectural heritage, sited at one of the most scenic meetings of land and sea in the world. Mission San Carlos Borromeo became a root building for California’s… [more below]
- Author: Seavey, Kent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1531628672
- Language: English
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Life in a California Mission: Monterey in 1786
$16.00 Add to cartOn the afternoon of September 14, 1786, two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey, the first foreign vessels to visit Spain’s California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists, n… [more below]
- Author: de la P?rouse, Jean Fran?ois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0930588398
- Language: English
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