The homes we live in today look a lot different than they did in the past. From caves to castles to the invention of indoor bathrooms, the history of homes is surprising, unusual and amazing. Learn more about how people used these innovations to survive and thrive in everyday life.The Amazing History of Homes contains high-interest, low-reading-level text specially written to engage and support struggling and reluctant readers.

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she''s suddenly popular for the first time. The friends who''ve recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school''s disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she''s imagining things.Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells—with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida''s lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she''s suddenly popular for the first time.The friends who''ve recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school''s disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she''s imagining things.Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells—with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida''s lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.

When the rules no longer apply, how do you keep your head in the game?Wyatt has a three-part Plan for Life, and it starts now, at the beginning of seventh grade, with tryouts for his local travel baseball team. A biracial kid in a mostly white town, he’s always felt like a bit of an outsider. The baseball field is the only place where he feels like he truly belongs. If he can just make the team, everything else will fall into place: school, friends, even his relationship with his often-distant dad.But after upsetting incidents at tryouts, something inexplicable happens: wisps of smoke form around Wyatt.As Wyatt tries to figure out what’s causing this mysterious smoke and how to control it, he discovers it’s connected to a painful family history. The more he learns, the more Wyatt begins to question the rules he’s always followed to fit in. With tensions rising at school and on the field, can he face the injustices of the past while keeping his cool in the present?

The homes we live in today look a lot different than they did in the past. From caves to castles to the invention of indoor bathrooms, the history of homes is surprising, unusual and amazing. Learn more about how people used these innovations to survive and thrive in everyday life.The Amazing History of Homes contains high-interest, low-reading-level text specially written to engage and support struggling and reluctant readers.

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she''s suddenly popular for the first time. The friends who''ve recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school''s disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she''s imagining things.Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells—with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida''s lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she''s suddenly popular for the first time.The friends who''ve recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school''s disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she''s imagining things.Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells—with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida''s lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.

When the rules no longer apply, how do you keep your head in the game?Wyatt has a three-part Plan for Life, and it starts now, at the beginning of seventh grade, with tryouts for his local travel baseball team. A biracial kid in a mostly white town, he’s always felt like a bit of an outsider. The baseball field is the only place where he feels like he truly belongs. If he can just make the team, everything else will fall into place: school, friends, even his relationship with his often-distant dad.But after upsetting incidents at tryouts, something inexplicable happens: wisps of smoke form around Wyatt.As Wyatt tries to figure out what’s causing this mysterious smoke and how to control it, he discovers it’s connected to a painful family history. The more he learns, the more Wyatt begins to question the rules he’s always followed to fit in. With tensions rising at school and on the field, can he face the injustices of the past while keeping his cool in the present?