Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution (Melanie Kroupa Books)
by Moying Li
Warrior Women in American History (Warrior Women in American History)
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (Joined by Fate: Intertwined Biographies)
by Richard Worth
Behind the Shadows of Romeo: A William Shakespeare Biography Book for Kids Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
"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...
5th Grade Us History: Famous Us Inventors (Children's Inventors Books)
by Baby Professor
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...
Running for Shelter (Holocaust Books for Young Adults)
by Suzette Sheft
Joined by Fate: Intertwined Biographies (Joined by Fate: Intertwined Biographies)
La Grèce antique (Une Mythologie Passionnante, #2)
by Edith Homer
Michael Collins was once the most wanted man in the British Empire. Born in west Cork, he was a farmer's son who changed the course of Irish history. This action-packed biography for young readers follows Michael as he fights in the 1916 Easter Rising, plans the guerrilla war that brought the British government to its knees, and helps to negotiate the treaty that led to the Irish Civil War. In the new Irish state, he became a minister in the first government and Commander-in-Chief of the army. I...
Mao Zedong: The Founding Father of China - Biography of Famous People Children's Biography Books
by Baby Professor
Troublemaker for Justice
by Jacqueline Houtman, Walter Naegle, and Michael G Long
Chosen a Best Children's Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center! Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews! A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an early advocate for African Americans and for gay rights. "Bayard had an unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and, most importantly, a faith that if the cause is just and people are organized, nothing can stand in our way."—President Barack Obama "Bay...