Who? What? Why?: Who is Donald Trump? (Who? What? Why?)
by Julia Adams
A clear, factual and accessible guide to the 45th President of the USA and his time in office.On 8 November 2016, some 130 million people in the USA cast their vote to decide who should become their next President. The candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, had fought a campaign that had divided their country more than any previous election. The resulting Trump presidency would not only affect the citizens of the USA, but billions of people around the world. Aimed at tweens and teens, thi...
Warrior Women in American History (Warrior Women in American History)
Diana Wynne Jones is best-known for her novels and stories - of magical fantasy - written mainly for children. She received a World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, as well as two Mythopoeic Awards and the Guardian Fiction Award for Charmed Life. But she was also a witty, entertaining speaker, a popular guest at science fiction and fantasy conventions and an engaged, scholarly critic of writing that interested her. This collection of more than twenty-five papers, chosen by Diana...
Behind the Shadows of Romeo: A William Shakespeare Biography Book for Kids Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
Time Travel with the History Chicks
by Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider
Grade Range: 5th grade to 10th grade Amy Cheney Beach (1867-1944) became the first American woman to compose a symphony and the first woman whose works were performed by major orchestras in the United States. With illustrations, side notes, and annotated musical terminology, Girl Genius introduces younger readers to the early life of an American musical treasure who defied the cultural expectations of her time.
"A complete visual package." --Booklist, starred reviewOn a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions specks of dust to form a duster--a savage storm--on America's high southern plains.The sky turned black, sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars, trains derailed, and electricity coursed through the air. Sand and dirt fell like snow--people got lost in the gloom and suffocated... and that was just the beginning.Don Brown brings the Dirty Th...
Fidel Castro's Cuba. 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by Rita J Markel
An incredible true story, for fans of Katie Piper and inspirational books. A girl with her whole life ahead of her. A terrible accident. An inspiring story of triumph over trauma. Aged 15, Jordan was a happy-go-lucky girl; having fun with friends and loving life. In one fateful moment, everything changed. A car accident left her paralysed from the chest down and shocked her into deep depression. She was on the brink of giving up. But gradually Jordan realised there is hope beyond utter devastat...
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not...
