History's Kid Heroes
2 total works
The Rough-Riding Adventure of Bronco Charlie, Pony Express Rider
by Marlene Targ Brill
Published 1 August 2010
In 1861, eleven-year-old Bronco Charlie has already been a sailor and a cowboy, but his biggest challenge comes when he gets the chance to ride for the Pony Express.
The Underground Railroad Adventure of Allen Jay, Antislavery Activist
by Marlene Targ Brill
Published 1 August 2011
Recounts in graphic novel format how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and make it to freedom through the Underground Railroad.