Treasure Island -- by Robert Stevenson (Author) (Book - Child)
"The Scribner Storybook Classic line adds Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, abridged by Timothy Meis, with vintage illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. Young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Sélavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope -- by Youme Landowne (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "The true story of Selavi ("that is life"), a small boy who finds himself homeless on the streets of Haiti. He finds other street children who share their food and a place to...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Malign Neglect: Race, Crime, and Punishment in America -- by Michael Tonry (Author) (Book)
"From the acclaimed author of Between Prison and Probation comes a blistering attack on this nation's worn-out misconceptions about race, poverty, crime, and punishment, and a fearless prescription...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
In a Class by Herself -- by Ivy Ruckman (Author) (Book)
"Turning her back on her life of crime, a poor girl, recently off probation, hopefully enters a new school in a ritzy suburb for her senior year, but the registration fee causes her to consider...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun -- by Rhoda Blumberg (Author) (Book - Child)
"First it is a well-written story of Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan-American trade and whaling ports. The account is sensitive to the extreme cultural differences that both the Japanese and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
In Search of a Sandhill Crane -- by Keith Robertson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Dismayed at the prospect of a summer in the Michigan wilderness, a young boy becomes increasingly fascinated by nature as he roams the woods in hopes of photographing sandhill cranes." From Card...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Watership Down -- by Richard Adams (Author) (Book - Child)
"First published in 1972, Richard Adam's extraordinary bestseller Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests, and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Ruby Electric -- by Theresa Nelson (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "When the lights go dim and you're sitting in the dark with your popcorn -- that's the magic time that Ruby Miller loves best. And then the music creeps in, and the lion roars, or...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Policing Urban Poverty -- by Chris Crowther, Jo Campling (Authors) (Book)
"Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that since the 19th century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This illuminating book focuses...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Kids without Homes -- by Joan Johnson (Author) (Book)
"Examines homelessness in today's society as it affects our nation's youth, their education, upbringing, opportunities for employment, enmeshment with crime, and prospects for ameliorating their...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)