You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Simple Machines! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…) Graduation hitching a ride to LA

hitching a ride to LA from her home in New Mexico with her ex-boyfriend

A powerful middle grade debut with three starred reviews that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989

A slice of bread costs 10 gallons but if you eat it with a slice of cheese

and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Simple Machines! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…) Graduation hitching a ride to LALearn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work. This series takes readers (Ages 8 12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full color cartoon style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers. Simple machines are around us