Fireside, Bryna J

Offers high school students who do not want to pursue a traditional college education an overview of the choices they have after graduation, featuring interviews with dozens of students who choose an alternate track in life.

An account of the unfair trial of the eight men accused of conspiring to murder a policeman in the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago on May 4, 1886.

An examination of events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the role of Mary Surratt, the only woman accused of being involved in the plot.

Offers high school students who do not want to pursue a traditional college education an overview of the choices they have after graduation, featuring interviews with dozens of students who choose an alternate track in life.

Based upon a true event, tells the story of a group of Jewish soldiers and three freed slaves, who have a Passover seder in 1862 on the battlefields of the Civil War.

Discusses the shooting death of Guinea immigrant Amadou Diallo by four police officers in 1999 who claim they thought Diallo was reaching for a gun, describes the resulting investigation and trial of the officers, and considers the racial issues raised by the tragedy.

Biographies of ten pathbreaking women who have served in Congress: Jeannette Rankin, Margaret Chase Smith, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, Barbara Jordan, Patricia Schroeder, Millicent Fenwick, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Kassebaum, and Geraldine Ferraro.

Provides information for students who may be struggling to decide what to do with their lives after high school, and shares the stories of some young people who have chosen a non-traditional path rather than going straight to college.

Examines the 1989 Supreme Court case that dealt with whether the family of Nancy Cruzan had a right to remove a feeding and hydration tube from her body.