Summer of My German Soldier (Lrs Large Print Cornerstone)
by Bette Green
An emotional, thought-provoking book from multi-award-winning author Bette Greene. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, 12-year-old Patty Bergen learns what it means to open her heart. Although she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi--but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own, who understands and appreciates her in a way her parents never will. And Patty is willing...
Jon Sinclair and his grandmother have been flung back in time from 2010 to 1692, where Jon has been shanghaied for work as a cabin boy on a pirate ship under the command of BlackHeart, and his grandmother has disguised herself as a man to work as a cook on a rival pirate ship. Since the respective ships are captained by rivals, Jon and his grandmother may end up having to battle each other. Meanwhile, back in Missouri, Jon's grandfather tries desperately to reach and retrieve his wife and grands...
During the early 1900s, a teenaged inmate's dreary life at Massachusetts's Sherborn Prison for Women changes for the better after she becomes a member of the prison choir and participates in the production of the operetta "The Pirates of Penzance."
The Story of Squanto (Famous Lives (Gareth Stevens Hardcover)) (Dell Yearling Biography)
by Cathy East Dubowski
Describes how Squanto played an important role in making peace between his fellow Native Americans and the settlers at Plymouth, so that they could share the first feast of Thanksgiving.
While spending the night with his grandmother, a young boy learns about the 150-year history of his home from a quilt that has squares depicting its special people and events.
The Fences Between Us - Audio Library Edition (Dear America)
by Kirby Larson
Voices for Freedom (American Adventures)
by Gloria Whelan and Gwenyth Swain
Fern, a teenager living in 4000 B.C., defies the expectations of her people by displaying a unique and new ability to tame horses and by also questioning many of the traditional activities of women.
