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Greek gods often interfere with humans as they do with Odysseus and his men as they head home after the Trojan Wars. The start of their journey is vividly retold and newly illustrated for younger listeners and readers.
The story of the 1961 Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement viewed through the experiences of two student leaders: a black man from Alabama and white man from Wisconsin.
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Monica Brown tells the story of young Gabriel García Márquez and provides children with an introduction to magical realism by showing how young Gabriel’s surroundings and imagination merged in fantastic ways, fostering his creativity and building the f
Banesville, located in the heart of the apple-growing area of upstate New York, is no longer the idyllic small town it once was. There are rumors of ghosts, of an abandoned house being haunted, and of people dying in suspicious ways.
When 16-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5'11'' at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd — for all the wrong reasons.
Every Breedlove is a lawyer or soon will be, except Ivy Breedlove, who wants to be a historian, and her supposedly crazy Aunt Josephine who disappeared years ago.
The life and times of Eleanor Roosevelt are presented chronologically as though one is examining a scrapbook. Much like the approach the author uses for other historical figures, this look at Eleanor is almost intimate, certainly thorough, and compelling.
Espionage played an important role in defeating the British, as is demonstrated in this cleverly-formatted, intriguing book.
Primary sources are used to relate the life of an enslaved woman who achieved freedom to become Mary Todd Lincoln's highly esteemed dressmaker and friend.