"Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it," Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in an entertaining, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers,[...]

Carter Ross, the sometimes-dashing investigative reporter for the "Newark Eagle-Examiner," is back, and reporting on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey, a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys.With the help of the paper's newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as "Sweet Thang," Carte[...]

In the most thrilling entry yet in Brad Parks's award-winning series, investigative reporter Carter Ross must chose who gets to live: him or his unborn child.A rash of carjackings terrorizing Newark become newsworthy when one such theft ends in the murder of a wealthy banking executive. The affable,[...]