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In the second year of the Civil War, Tad Lynch becomes trapped below deck on a Confederate warship and is pressed into service during a two day battle between the Merrimack and three Union ships.

A National Book Award Finalist. In 1915 Vahan Kenderian is living a life of privilege as the youngest son of a wealthy Armenian family in Turkey. This secure world is shattered when some family members are whisked away while others are murdered before his eyes. Vahan loses his home and family, and is forced to live a life he would never have dreamed of in order to survive. Somehow Vahan’s incredible strength and spirit help him endure, even knowing that each day could be his last.

In 1864, a Navajo shaman and his grandson seek powerful, mythical beads that can save their people from great evils, including The Long Walk forced on them by United States soldiers, and the trickster Coyote.

There is something lurking in the deep, dark woods. At night he sings his sad song to the moon. When the little girl finds Big Foot, they have wonderful adventures in the woods, skating on the lake and snowball fighting. But why is Big Foot sad and what will make him happy?

The family live and work in the shadow of smouldering fires formed in the creation of alum. The life is hard, at times desperate; a landslide leaves them homeless and the King's Press Gang threatens to take their brother. This moving tale of personal courage and community strength brings the past to life with touching humanity.

The Adventures of King Rollo is a collection of four delightful stories- KING ROLLO AND THE NEW SHOES, KING ROLLO AND THE BIRTHDAY, KING ROLO AND THE BREAD and KING ROLLO AND THE TREE. join King Rollo and his friends - the magician, Cook, Queen Gwen and Hamlet the cat - as they learn to tie shoelaces, express their artistic talent, break bread with friends and climb trees (regardless of Cook's good advice).

"It is 1932. Polly, almost ten, and her older sister, Maud, travel by train and boat from Winnipeg to an island between Vancouver and Victoria. There they will live with their grandmother, who will be their guardian. Maud will go to boarding school in Victoria, while Polly will live with her grandmother and attend the small school on the island. Their grandmother and other family members welcome the girls warmly; new-school jitters give way to new friendships and even a new puppy; and slowly Pol...

Meet some of history's most illustrious and interesting characters in this book that visits key moments of the past from around the world. When young Augustus falls asleep in history class, Professor Tempo decides to teach him a lesson and show him that history isn't boring at all! She hands him a magic diary, all he needs to do is write the time and place to travel there. Together they head out on a whistle-stop tour of history through the ages to meet some of the world's finest explorers, inve...

A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including "Beowulf," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Song of Roland," and "The Island of the Lost Children."

When Desperado Dan breaks out of jail, Nellie sets out to find her Pa, the sheriff, but finds the outlaw first.

Running away from a vicious trapper, seven-year-old Ben MacDonald is separated from his family and eventually ends up on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, where he is taken in by a tribe of Metis Indians.

The first in a series on Shakespeare's original texts, including facsimile pages, this version of "Hamlet" is claimed to be, in some ways, the most authentic version of the play that we have. Included are an introduction, notes, and a theoretical, historical and contextual critique. This text has been rejected by scholars as a "bad Quarto" - corrupt and pirated text printed without the permission of the playwright or his company. Nonetheless, it was the first version of the play to be published...