Dealing with School Shootings (Helping Yourself, Helping Others)
by Kate Shoup
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Pennsylvania in a daring offensive to win the Civil War in a single campaign. They met the Union Army at a quiet crossroads town called Gettysburg and engaged in the greatest battle ever fought on American soil. Three days of combat ended on July 3 with Pickett’s Charge, a heroic assault by nine of Lee’s brigades against the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge. Their repulse at the stone wall became known a...
Jungle Fighters (Jules Archer History for Young Readers)
by Jules Archer
In the early stages of the Pacific War, General Douglas MacArthur was expected to prevent the Japanese from taking Australia. With limited forces, MacArthur had to be tactical, and the key to the continent’s defense was the island of New Guinea, just above the northeast tip of Australia. In order to defend New Guinea, MacArthur sent a small task force to Milne Bay, where the Coral Sea rounded the southeast tip of the island. His plan: to establish an airfield base for bomber and fighter planes t...
Global Issues: Terrorism considers the definition of terrorism, its history from the French Revolution, its causes, and its human and economic impact. The various responses to terrorism, the new forms it may take in the future, for example relating to animal rights and environmental concerns, and the media's role in reporting on and even perpetuating terrorism, are also taken into account.
This poetry anthology from Ari Tison and Ty Chapman centers a chorus of voices from various spaces of marginalization in response to policing. Written for young adults and featuring striking visual art, it is comprised of both new and award-winning poets and YA authors. The collection explores the personal experiences of the authors, holding space for those lost to over-policing, honoring young activists at the forefront of movements calling for reform, and looking forward to the future of publi...
The Story of Mahatama Gandhi's Assassination 70 Years Later
by Jessica Gray
Exam Board: Edexcel Level & Subject: GCSE History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Superpower Relations and the Cold War Revision Cards are perfect for students who want to turbocharge their revision time! Each pack includes access to a FREE online edition of the REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Superpower Relations and the Cold War Revision Guide and contains: 30 Revision Cards and three organising dividers (with a handy 'ho...
True Teen Stories from Syria (Surviving Terror: True Teen Stories from Around the World)
by Kristin Thiel
The War on Terror (Point/Counterpoint: Issues in Contemporary American Society) (Point/Counterpoint (Chelsea Hardcover))
by Paul Ruschmann
Examines the government's increasing attempts to control the airwaves to maintain a standard of decency.
In the spring of 1992, after a jury returned not guilty verdicts in the trial of four police officers charged in the brutal beating of a Black man, Rodney King, Los Angeles was torn apart. Thousands of fires were set, causing more than a billion dollars in damage. In neighborhoods abandoned by the police, protestors and storeowners exchanged gunfire. More than 12,000 people were arrested and 2,400 injured. Sixty-three died. In Rising from the Ashes, award-winning author Paula Yoo draws on the ex...
Lost Boy, Lost Girl (Biography)
by John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech
One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There’s warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective of Sudan’s lost children, for its celebratio...
Tank of Tomorrow (High Interest Books: High-Tech Military Weapons (Hardcover))
by Larry Hama and Bill Cain