In the 1790s, an eccentric young man nicknamed Johnny Appleseed feels called by God to travel through the American West planting apple seeds that will feed the hungry and produce more seeds for planting and trading.
Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' pro-slavery beliefs.
An educated, inquisitive young girl in Philadelphia corresponds with President Thomas Jefferson about current events, including the Lewis and Clark expedition, new inventions, and life at Monticello.
A fictional correspondence between President Abraham Lincoln and a twelve-year-old slave girl that discusses his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation.
In this tall tale, the legendary Will Rogers is so good with his lasso that he ropes the whole earth and creates the equator and on the rebound hollows out the Grand Canyon. Includes biographical information about the real Will Rogers.
a novel inspired by the Prince of Egypt and the book of Exodus
Banks, Lynne Reid
1998
A retelling of the story of Moses, based on the film "The Prince of Egypt, " depicts Moses's boyhood as an Egyptian prince, his escape to the wilderness, and his return to Egypt.
A fictionalized account of the activities of Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall, founders of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, a late-nineteenth-century group that would endure and have impact on the bird-protection movement.
Aoife, an Irish princess of Leinster, and Richard de Clare, known as Strongbow, tell their story of love, war, and marriage during the reign of Henry Plantagenet.
In 1818, Carlito, an eleven-year-old boy in the Spanish-owned town of Monterey, California, sees his quiet life threatened when the Argentinian privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard attacks with his pirate ships.