virginia

Readers will learn how the case of Loving v. Virginia found its way to the Supreme Court, and explore how it became a decision that changed the future of civil rights and interracial marriage in the United States.

Presents the true story of Brent Runyon who at fourteen set himself on fire and sustained burns over eighty percent of his body, and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.

"... draws upon archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond."--Provided by publisher.

Told in two voices, Jules, whose father is restoring an abandoned house, and a girl who lived there a century before begin to communicate and slowly, the girl's tragic story is revealed.

Tells the story of the creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington, Virginia and of the eight Body Bearers, each a distinguished soldier in his own right, who carried the unknown soldier to his final resting place.

The authors share their experiences of teaching English in various types of block schedules at the middle and high school levels. Includes descriptions of specific teaching strategies, suggestions for conferencing with students, options for assessing student performance, and ways to manage classroom time and student behavior.

Discover the life of Blackbeard (Edward Teach), among the most famous pirates of all time.

Tells the story of how the Marshall family came together while looking for their lost golden retriever, Gonker, that had bolted into the woods of the Appalachian Trail.

In the summer of 1956, while her mother is in Florida searching for a job, fourteen-year-old April Garnet Rose, who has never met her father, stays with her terminally ill aunt in Virginia and accompanies her as she visits different churches, looking for God.