High School Classics

This adapted edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is designed to make classic literature accessible and engaging for all listeners, especially reluctant learners in high school literature units.

What if you could get inside the head of the boy you love? Hear his every thought? Know his every dream? Listen in on his every fantasy? The narrator of Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn can, and she tells us the story of her beloved Gid, an adorably clueless boy who flukes his way into one of...

A clear, reader-friendly edition of The Odyssey for modern readers. Odysseus has won the war at Troy, but the long journey home to Ithaca will test him with storms, monsters, enchantments, shipwrecks, and the anger of the gods. While he struggles across the sea, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus hold their home against suitors who believe he will never return. This Lumos Books edition keeps the force and dignity of the classic story while gently clarifying difficult wording, preserving key names, scenes, and famous moments. It includes inline explanatory footnotes and a glossary to help ...

“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on...

Chloe Elizabeth Hart despises the conceited antics of the popular crowd, or more importantly, one very annoying self-possessed guy, Taylor Anderson, who seems determined to make her the president of his fan club! Every girl in the whole city of Farmington, New Mexico, is in love with him, but he seems to be only interested in Chloe. This modern high school adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” is a battle of wits as Chloe desperately tries to remain the only girl who can avoid the inevitable—falling for Taylor.

A clear, reader-friendly edition of The Odyssey for modern readers. Odysseus has won the war at Troy, but the long journey home to Ithaca will test him with storms, monsters, enchantments, shipwrecks, and the anger of the gods. While he struggles across the sea, his wife Penelope and son Telemachus hold their home against suitors who believe he will never return. This edition keeps the force and dignity of the classic story while gently clarifying difficult wording, preserving key names, scenes, and famous moments. It includes explanatory footnotes and a glossary to help readers follow ...

Most students can now generate an essay in seconds. So what should English teaching look like now? You get: Simple, ready-to-use classroom activities Ways to spark real discussion and thinking Practical strategies that work alongside AI—not against it Built from real classroom needs and designed for immediate use.

Sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel longs to hang out with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull in New York City’s East Village. Instead she’s trapped in East Village, Manitoba, a small town whose population is Mennonite: “the most embarrassing sub-sect of people to belong to if you’re a teenager...

In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand--and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged sings the song of a wounded prairie community in a...

For all horseback riding enthusiasts, Equestrian Art is an indispensable companion. This groundbreaking work takes readers on a fascinating journey—from the origins of combat riding in ancient Media to the culmination of the High School tradition in Renaissance Naples. Explore how training exercises such as the volte, pirouette, and piaffe evolved over the centuries—and why. Discover the differences between a horse trained in the art of classical riding and a sport horse; that is, between a horse bred for close combat and one bred for racing or jumping. Learn how to train the former ...

“[A] striking debut. . . funny, heartbreaking, and real.”––SAM LANSKY, author of Broken People Prep meets The Secret History in this searing debut novel about a tragic scandal at an American prep school, told in the form of a literary investigation through a distinctly...

“I am a big fan of Women and Children First . . . Alina Grabowski is an astute and limber narrative artist and I could read her prose all day long and never grow weary.”―Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as...

"The ideal presentation of any book of mine is to have excellent actors perform it in audio-only format." — Orson Scott Card "Card's phenomenal emotional depth comes through in the quiet, carefully paced speech of each performer...This is a wonderful way to experience Card's best-known and...

Philosophy Essentials is a chronological introduction to the history of philosophy for serious readers ages 11-19. It begins with the first Greek attempts to explain the world through reason rather than myth and follows the long argument forward through Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, the Stoics, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Beauvoir, Arendt, Rawls, Singer, and current debates about consciousness, identity, and artificial intelligence. The book explains the central problems of philosophy in clear language without exaggeration or slogans. Readers move ...

Jane Austen's Emma — now refreshed for today's readers, without losing a word of her brilliance. Emma Woodhouse is clever, charming, and utterly convinced she knows what's best for everyone around her. But when her matchmaking schemes spiral out of control in the drawing rooms of Regency England, she's forced to confront the one thing she never saw coming: her own heart. This modern adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved classic brings Emma to life for a new generation. Updated language and clean contemporary formatting make the story flow effortlessly — ideal for readers who want to ...

In R.L. Stine's A Midsummer Night's Scream, the Master of Horror takes on the Master of Theatre! Oh, what fools these actors be! It was a horror movie that turned into real horror--three young actors lost their lives while the camera rolled. Production stopped, and people claimed that the movie...

Phoebe Wynne's Madam is a riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of The Secret History, The Stepford Wives, and a dash of Circe, set at a secretive all girls’ boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula. They want our silence… They want our obedience… Let them see our fire...

“Tenderhearted and filled with sweeping magical adventures, These Kindred Hearts vividly captures the beauty of love, promising thrills, hope, and happily ever afters. From first kisses to second chances, every story in this anthology is a must read for romance readers of all ages. Truly...

Before the red curls, before the Tony Awards, and long before "Tomorrow" became a Broadway anthem, there was a dream, and a risky one at that. The Annie Phenomenon is the compelling behind-the-scenes story of how a scrappy comic strip orphan made an unlikely leap from the Sunday funnies to the...

A decade after accidentally starting the worst wildfire in Montana’s history, Howell risks everything to finally break free from their past. The great miracle of my life was that no one died. After one reckless act in the Montana wilderness destroys millions of acres, Howell is sentenced to a...