How did it happen?

During her first day at school, Hannah gets wet, spills paint, and finds a missing hamster. The reader is often asked to guess how events happened.

Examines key events that led to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and includes quotations, photographs, and comments from people involved in the war, opinions from professional historians, and a chronology.

Discusses events leading to the Nazi rise to power after World War I and Hitler's takeover of the German government.