A portrait of the grim conditions of child laborers in the 19th century, as well as children's role in organizing protests.
Dangerous work and long hours were the norm for some poor children-many of them young immigrants — who worked in Pennsylvania coal mines prior to child labor laws.
First-person accounts and news stories help convey the incredible devastation of the Irish Potato Famine, and its impact on Ireland, where many died or immigrated, and the U.S., which absorbed many of the refugees.
The tale of a young Irish-American who aspires to be a reporter, while supporting his widowed mother and siblings by selling newspapers.
A German teen is jailed for treason after publishing leaflets that expose Hitler's lies.
A tiny hero named Basil races to warn Merlin of an evil plot devised by Rhita Gawr. Book one of the Merlin's Dragon trilogy.
Kate and her astrophysicist grandfather share a special bond, so when her grandfather disappears and his lab is attacked by an alien outsider, Kate must find him and the secret of his most important project.
Gunnar Umlaut says he only has six months to live. So eighth-grader Anthony "Antsy" Bonano does the only thing he can think of to help-he gives Gunnar a month of his own life.
Nick and Allie head toward the light after a head-on car accident, but the teens-strangers to each other-collide again and don't quite make it.
Stanford flunks English and is forced to go to summer school instead of his beloved basketball camp. What makes it worse is Millicent Min, girl genius, is brought in to act as his tutor.