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"A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team"--.

Recounts photographer Lewis Hines' fight against child labor in the early 1900s and discusses how his work and the work of others revealed truths about the issue to the public.

Patrick Cusimano and his brother, Mike, become the pariahs of their town after their father kills a boy while driving drunk, seemingly attracting people with troubled pasts to themselves--like Caro, Mike's girlfriend, and Layla Elshere, a goth teenager whose friendship Patrick distrusts, as well as Layla's sister Verna. Toxic relationships lead them all to a crisis of friendship and trust.

Examines the many life altering decisions made at a hospital's cancer ward and the stories behind four lives that were changed in this one day during the author's shift there as a nurse.

When E.T.: The Musical closes, Nate reluctantly returns home to begin high school and, with his best friend, Libby, makes a project of turning Dickens' Great Expectations into a musical.

"When Lorenzo adopts a runt piglet destined for auction, an unexpected, life-changing friendship forms"--Provided by publisher.

"When Lorenzo adopts a runt piglet destined for auction, an unexpected, life-changing friendship forms"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Greg has become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Native Americans who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.

"When Gina, a hardworking young gymnast, moves far away for professional training, she improves her skills but longs deeply for home. Coming from a farming family in Pennsylvania, Gina feels a bit lost training with the other young gymnast hopefuls in huge, hot Texas. Will she find a way to balance her dream with her longing for home?"--Back cover.