20th century

Tells the life story of General George S. Patton, describing his childhood in Lake Vineyard, California, his marriage to Bea Ayer, his rise through the army ranks, and his leadership in the Second World War.

In twentieth-century Occoneechee Neck, North Carolina--an area still affected by its history of slavery--twelve-year-old Leon Curry reflects about whether he wants to give up sinning to be baptized alongside his twin brother.

In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie, a minister's daughter, learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.

Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.

In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school science fair.

Examines the life and military career of General Douglas MacArthur, focusing on his role in World War II and the Korean War.

Young Tug Dockery witnesses a brutal act by his grandfather that leaves him unable to speak, so when his parents die, Tug's beloved older brother feels compelled to escape from a hellish labor camp to rescue him from their grandfather's Florida cattle ranch.

Eleven-year-old Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets when her father returns from the war in 1947 to claim her from her grandparents with whom she has been living for the past five years.

Discusses George W. Bush's journey to the presidency and his leadership in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, examining Bush's personality and political skills, as well as the factors and biases that shape and color political media coverage.

A survey of twentieth-century Chinese history beginning with the Boxer uprising in 1900 and continuing to the U.S.-Chinese d?tente of 1973.