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When Luis joins his new baseball team, the Manatees, things seem pretty hopeless at first. Some of his new teammates—including "loud and obnoxious" home-run slugger Jimmie—are mean to him or to each other. His new coach doesn't tell the players everything to do like his old coach did. And some of the Manatees seem more interested in goofing off than in sportsmanship or working hard.

One of the most famous figures of the American frontier, Daniel Boone clashed with the Shawnee and sought to exploit the riches of a newly settled region. Despite Boone's fame, his life remains wrapped in mystery. The Boone legend, which began with the publication of John Filson's The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone and continued through modern times with Fess Parker's Daniel Boone television series, has become a hopeless mix of fact and fiction.

Gone are the days of legendary men like Daniel Boone. There are still heroes, yes, of course, but not like those early pioneers who risked everything to go to lands completely unknown and untamed in search of a home. These brave men and women went literally into the darkest hearts of land and faced constant death on every side in an incredibly unique period of time.

Often thought to be a fairy tale from India about the practice of arranged marriage, this creepy retelling of “The Snake Prince” highlights the dangers of jealousy and greed. One of four new stories in the award-winning Scary Tales Retold series.

In the Brothers Grimm’s story of The White Snake, a servant marries the king’s daughter to live happily ever after. Will that be the case in this cursed retelling of a doomed dinner? One of four new stories in the award-winning Scary Tales Retold series.

Dragon offers them safety only if they serve him for seven years. To be set free, they must answer a riddle. Will the soldiers gain their freedom, or will they be servants of the Dragon forever? This is a grim retelling of The Devil and His Grandmother, an 1800s English tale adapted by the Brothers Grimm. One of four new stories in the Scary Tales Retold series.

When the engaged couple Jorinda and Jacob stumble into the witch’s part of the forest, she takes them captive. The hateful witch changes Jorinda into a singing bird. Will her fiancé save her, or will the witch keep her singing bird caged forever?