1937-

Dramatizes the events of the 1980 Olympic victory of the U.S. hockey team, led by determined coach Herb Brooks, over the much-favored Soviet Union.

Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.

A critical introduction to the life and work of the prolific writer of young adult and children's books.

Discusses the life and work of the well-known author of award-winning young adult literature who grew up in Harlem as a foster child and struggled with his identity as an African American writer.

The author tells the story of her painful childhood in China where she lived until the age of fourteen with her father, stepmother, and siblings, all of whom considered her bad luck because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.

Draws on interviews with three women who recount their experiences as child survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi death camp.

Three Aboriginal girls, forcibly removed from their families in 1931 in accordance with government policy, and placed in camps where they were to be trained to work as domestics for white families, escape their captors and set out on a 1,500-mile journey across Australia, determined to return to their homes. Based on a true story.

A biography of the black comedian famous for anecdotes about his childhood.

Calverley recounts her time as a child spent in a Jewish ghetto in Poland and how she survived after the loss of her mother and grandmother.