Taylor, Theodore

In 1935, living at a lighthouse near San Francisco, a lonely nine-year-old boy inadvertently summons a magician who teaches him the secret of flying.

Seventeen-year-old Chip Clewt fights to save the black bears in the Powhaten National Wildlife Refuge.

Evan, an eleven-year-old boy in 1914 whose strict father has little time for him, is delighted when his long-lost grandfather returns, relates his many sea adventures, and hobbles around like Evan who has a club foot.

In 1944, when the Americans liberate Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that in two years he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat.

Fifteen-year-old Ben must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his family's private zoological preserve.

Examines from both the American and Japanese points of view the political and military events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Describes the events of the major sea battle in the English Channel in February 1942 when the British navy failed to capture several strategically important German battleships.

An account of the June, 1942, air battle between American and Japanese forces which proved a decisive defeat for the Japanese and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

In 1944, when the Americans liberate Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that in two years he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat.

Traces the events which led to the Declaration of Independence, with emphasis on the events in Williamsburg, Virginia.