The Sea of Trolls -- by Nancy Farmer (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Oracle Betrayed -- by Catherine Fisher (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "The High Priestess interprets the wishes of the god as conveyed through the Oracle. Mirany serves the High Priestess. But when the god speaks to Mirany, she realizes that the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights -- by Russell Freedman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European Royalty, welcomed at the White House, and adored by appreciative listeners in concert halls across the...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird -- by Phillip Hoose (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Is This Forever, or What? Poems & Paintings from Texas -- by Naomi Nye (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Texas. The state line stretches for 2,842 miles. There are coasts and mountains and rivers and lakes and cities and towns and disappearing towns and fields of wildflowers and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Bird -- by Angela Johnson (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Bird is determined and patient. So patient that she's been hiding out behind a farmhouse for weeks waiting for Cecil. Bird misses her bedroom, her friends, and especially her...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Heck Superhero -- by Martine Leavitt (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Thirteen-year-old Heck is a pretty normal kid with some artistic talent and a distinctive, hyperactive imagination. Life with his mother has been hand-to-mouth but not...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Indigo's Star -- by Hilary McKay (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Indigo, having just recovered from a bout of mononucleosis, must return to school after missing an entire semester. Only his younger sister and loyal sidekick, Rose, knows why...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 -- by Diane McWhorter (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "In this history of the modern Civil Rights movement, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter focuses on the monumental events that occurred between 1954 (the year of Brown...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices -- by Walter Myers (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "These fifty-four poems, all in different voices but written by one hand, do sing. They make a joyful noise as the author honors the people-the nurses, students, soldiers, and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)