Hoobler, Dorothy

Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his foster-father, search for seven men who have seven parts of a map tattooed on their backs, but when they put the pieces of the map together, Seikei and Judge Ooka learn of a dangerous location.

Recounts the story behind the 1816 night in which a gathering of English poet Lord Byron's friends led to the creation of "Frankenstein" and the first vampire story, and the events which followed that fateful night and led to the deaths of nearly all those present.

Inspired after meeting John F. Kennedy at a 1960 campaign fundraiser hosted by the Aldrich family, Chuck defies authority at his Pennsylvania boarding school, Sojie takes part in lunch counter sit-ins in Georgia, and Dick finally connects with his father in Hollywood.

In 1944 Gabriella, Esther, and other young people see the impact of World War II on their lives in the United States.

Presents controversial facts about such famous disappearances as those of Judge Crater, hijacker D. B. Cooper, and the inhabitants of the Lost Colony, and allows readers to make up their own minds.

A scrapbook-style collection of photographs and memoirs chronicling the history of the Japanese people in the United States.

A biography of the Japanese emperor who began his long reign as a divine ruler and, after the devastating defeat of World War II, accepted his new role as "symbol of the state" and watched over the re-birth of Japan as a leader in the world.

In 1927 the Dixons move from rural Georgia to Chicago, where African Americans have more opportunities, and there Lorraine meets a famous movie actress and her little brother Marcus finds that his artistic talents are useful.

A young girl experiences the cruelty, danger, and destruction of the Civil War in Virginia.

Follows the career of the British navigator and explorer whose three famous voyages resulted in the accurate mapping of much of the South Pacific.