An introduction to Illinois that describes the geography, history, and social conditions; and includes a drawing activity, a time line that highlights important events, additional facts, and important figures. Presented in English and Spanish.
Helen Marshall, a fourteen-year-old girl from Illinois, is confronted with the complexities of adult life when she takes a summer job at a factory during World War II.
A brainy, shy high school outcast interning at a Chicago hotel discovers that the hotel staff has an evil agenda planned for her classmates on prom night.
Blaming himself for the deaths of his wife, his infant daughter, and an informant a year earlier, vigilante Jason Kolarich is forced by the FBI to bring down the organization of a corrupt governor of Illinois, a case that reveals devastating truths about his family's deaths.