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Sisters Against Slavery
Sisters against Slavery recounts the lives of Sarah Grimke and Angelica Grimke Weld. These daughters of wealthy Southern planters and slave owners renounced slavery in the 1830's. …
Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis was twenty-seven years old when she married George Washington. She worked by her husband's side to help keep their family, home, and country running …
Between Two Worlds
Growing up in China as the child of American missionaries, Pearl read and listened to stories from both the East and the West. A story, she thought, was a wonderful way to learn …
Max Talks to Me
Alex and his dog Max are true friends--the kind that share each other's excitement, comfort each other when they are sad, wait together when parents are away, and have fun wherever …
A Picture Book of Anne Frank
A thoughtful and accessible look at the life of Anne Frank, author of Diary of a Young Girl and victim of the Holocaust. Anne and her Jewish family hid in a secret apartment in …
Snowboarding on Monster Mountain
Tells of Callie's weekend snowboarding trip to Monster Mountain where, having kept her fear of heights a very guarded secret, she worries what her best friend will think if she …
Rescue on the Outer Banks
On October 11, 1896, 10-year-old Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, watch as the brave surfmen of Pea Island struggle to save the lives of nine people stranded on a shipwreck. Sam has …
Go Free or Die
For the first twenty-eight years of her life. Harriet Tubman lived as a slave on a southern plantation. Finally, with the help of a Quaker woman, she was able to escape to …
Frontier Surgeons
In the 1870s, surgery was a crude affair performed on the patient's kitchen table. In the frontier town of Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. W. W. Mayo brought his young sons, Will and …
Writer of the Plains
From the time she was a young child, Willa Cather had a gift with words and she loved stories. As a child on the Nebraska prairie, she heard many stories from her neighbors, many …
Earthquake in Third Grade
"Like his ant farm, rocked by a disastrous 'earthquake' when John accidentally knocks it over, his classmates experience an upset when their beloved teacher announces that she will …
Kate Shelley y el tren de medianoche (Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express)
Kate miró el destartalado puente de madera. Había tablones sueltos en su estrecha pasarela. No había ninguna barandilla para sostener. Tenía miedo de cruzar este puente incluso a …