Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures

Sheriff James McPherson was eager to hire a schoolteacher

or perhaps because of them

she realizes the foolish choice she's made

very intriguing woman at that

Counterfeiting and Technology Paleontology Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade bookFor centuries legitimate authorities and equally determined rogues have fought in an attempt to improve (or copy) the technology and security of paper money. Now, in Counterfeiting and Technology, their stories are captured in vivid detail from colonial times to the present. Paper money historian Bob McCabe explores the lives of the innovators who made brilliant advancements in the chemistry and ingenuity of Americas paper money. Counterfeiters,