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"Engaging images accompany information about the New York Jets. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--.

" ... the ... story of Perry Wallace, a ... student and talented athlete who became the first African-American basketball player in the SEC at Vanderbilt University during the tumultuous late 1960s ... Places Wallace's struggles and ultimate success into the larger contexts of civil rights and race relations in the South"--Provided by publisher.

In the early 1930s, during the worst drought and financial depression in American history, Sam Babb began to dream. Like so many others, this charismatic Midwestern basketball coach wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm near the tiny Oklahoma college where he coached, Babb recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for playing on his basketball team, the Cardinals.

Chonicles the history of the Cleveland Browns football team, profiling stand-out players and coaches and more.

The author tells the story of growing up near Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant working with plutonium in Colorado, and investigates accidents and government concealed toxic and radioactive waste released by the plant.

During World War I, Canadian soldier Allan McBride, shell-shocked, unwittingly deserts from his unit in France and faces possible death by firing squad when he is arrested and court-martialed.

Explores the life of Hideki Matsui; discussing his childhood and early baseball successes in Japan, move to the Major Leagues in the United States, charity work, and modesty. Includes photographs.

Describes events before, during, and after the dropping of the atomic bombs during World War II from the perspectives of a Manhattan Project scientist, a witness in Hiroshima, and an aide to the U.S. Secretary of War. Includes photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Traces the efforts of the "Little Rock Nine" to attend a formerly all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September of 1957. Outlines the views and motivations of everyone involved in the desegregation of Central High School and discusses how it became a pivotal event in the progression of the Civil Rights Movement. Includes black-and-white photographs.