The Pirates of the West Indies in 17th Century
by Clarence Henry Haring
Hurricane Dancers (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Author (Narrative))
by MS Margarita Engle
WorldFocus: Brazil (Paperback) (Worldfocus)
Text and illustrations present detailed information on the geography, history and government, economy, people, cultural life and society of traditional and modern Columbia.
Detailed, unbiased examinations of the historical backgrounds to current world trouble spots. Packed with information, photographs and maps. Timelines and quotes put events in context. Age 10+
The Spanish Conquest of Mexico, 2nd Edition (Pivotal Moments in History)
by Sylvia A. Johnson
How Stem Built the Incan Empire (How Stem Built Empires)
by Michael Hessel-Mial
Death on the River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon Adventure
by Samantha Seiple
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by MS Margarita Engle
Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado - half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between his mother's Taino Indian language and his father's Spanish. But when a hurricane sinks the ship and most of its crew, it is Quebrado who escapes to safety. He learns how to live on...
An introduction to the only country in the Americas to be named after Christopher Columbus.
An introduction to Chile, whose length stretches from the tropics to within 500 miles of Antarctica.
Immigration Stories–A Fight for Justice and FreedomDiscover both triumphant and painful real life tales of immigrants who blazed trails and broke barriers in the fight for fundamental human rights. Positive and heroic stories. Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes and revolutionaries. Unsung heroes. Learn about the trials and triumphs of ordinary people fighting for citizenship as immigrants in a new land. Each uses different strategi...