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Quick view The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel Brown For readers of"Unbroken," out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of... View Details
Quick view Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland This biography in graphic format presents the story of the ultimate American entrepreneur, who brought us Apple computers, Pixar, Macs, iPods, iPhones, and more. View Details
Quick view Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl Dahl tells the story of his adventures and misadventures as a child: his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924; his first automobile ride, in which he nearly lost his nose; his many canings by Headmasters; and his vacations at home in Wales with... View Details
Quick view Around the World in a Hundred Years by Jean Fritz These ten true tales of 15th-century explorers bring history to life, with accounts of the exploits of Christopher Columbus, Bartholomew Diaz, Ponce de Leon, and others. View Details
Quick view Arctic & Anarctic [with CD-ROM and Wall Chart] by Barbara Taylor Shows and describes wildlife found in the polar regions, looks at Inuit clothing and artifacts, and depicts the equipment used by polar explorers. View Details
Quick view Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark by Johanna Hurwitz An amazing, true story brought to a beginning reader's level. When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible... View Details
Quick view The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W Sandler Describes what happened when a slave ship captured by pirates in 1717 was sunk by a brutal storm, the expedition to locate the wreck, and what was uncovered. Teacher Guide View Details
Quick view Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleischman A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war. Teacher Guide View Details
Quick view Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany turned the small town of Terezin, Czechoslovakia, into a ghetto, and then into a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people. It was a "show" camp, where inmates were forced to use their artistic talents to fool the... View Details
Quick view Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by Matthew Tobin Anderson In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history--almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944... View Details
Quick view Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation by Sally M Walker One of America's most enduring boundaries is the Mason-Dixon Line, most associated with the divide between the North and the South and the right to freedom for all people. Walker traces the tale of the Line through family feuds, brave exploration,... View Details
Quick view Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust by Doreen Rappaport In a stirring chronicle, Doreen Rappaport brings to light the courage of countless Jews who organized to sabotage the Nazis and help other Jews during the Holocaust. Doreen Rappaport illuminates the defiance of tens of thousands of Jews across eleven... View Details
