Bused across town to a school in a white neighborhood of Boston in 1974, a young African-American boy named Brewster describes his first day in first grade. Includes historical notes on the court-ordered busing.
An introduction to Tunisia, providing information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, people, politics, and more, with maps, graphs, and a time line.
In 1765, twelve-year-old Nancy worries about effect of the British Stamp Act on her father's silversmith business in Williamsburg and about how to get along with her new stepmother.
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish girl living in New York in 1914, aspires to be an actress, despite her family's objection to it, and uses her acting skills to raise money to save her cousins in Russia from danger.
An introduction to Libya, providing information on the country's geography, history, culture, landmarks, wildlife, people, politics, and more, with maps, and a time line.
Humorous illustrations and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life was like aboard an English pirate ship plying the Caribbean Sea during the sixteenth century.
In 1771, twelve-year-old Will, the son of a Williamsburg jailer, suspects that a captured runaway slave is planning to escape and tries to decide whether to tell his father.
