Baxter, Roberta

Studies the history, importance, and preservation of the Magna Carta. Features color illustrations and photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.

"[Relates the] story of Aron Ralston, a man who became trapped under a rock and had to cut off his own arm to survive."--Provided by publisher.

Describes events of the Great Depression during the 1930s from three different perspectives, a government worker, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker, and a twelve-year-old girl.

Describes the creation of the United States Constitution from three different perspectives, a serving girl, a law clerk, and an apprentice printer.

Examines the dropping of the atomic bombs, from three different perspectives.

Describes the creation of the United States Constitution from three different perspectives, a serving girl, a law clerk, and an apprentice printer.

Looks at the history of the study of earthquakes.

Presents factual details of the Battle of Gettysburg that took place during the U.S. Civil War.

Describes events of the Great Depression during the 1930s from three different perspectives, a government worker, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker, and a twelve-year-old girl.

This book relays the factual details of the dropping of the atomic bombs that took place during World War II. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Manhattan Project scientist, a witness in Hiroshima, and an aide to the US secretary of war. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about a historical event.