Blackwood, Gary L

Describes six mysterious people from the past who assume the identities of someone else like Anastasia called Anna at her birth, and Billy the Kid whose only photograph does not resemble the Billy the Kid that many people knew over the years.

Teenagers Scott and Tully find an unused study room in the library which is actually a doorway into an alternate world, where an outcast is pursuing dangerous experiments to increase his control over the emerging technology of his universe.

Sent by a rival company to nick William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," an orphan called Widge is welcomed warmly by the Globe group and finds himself an actor and writer with them out on the road when the London theaters are closed at the threat of plague.

A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.

A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.

In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, fifteen-year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history.

Tells the stories of some of history's most notorious outlaws, including Jesse James and his gang, John Wesley Hardin, Pearl Hart, and others.

Tells the stories of some of history's most notorious gangsters, including James "Big Jim" Colosimo, Alphonse "Scarface" Capone, Ma Barker, and others.

Provides an account of the news-making contest to be the first to travel from New York to Paris by automobile, a race launched from four countries in 1908,and includes photographs, illustrations, and profiles of competitors.

Seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, putting to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England.