illinois

A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Presents the winner of the 1968 National Book Award, in which Wilder explores the mystery surrounding the murder conviction of John Barrington Ashley and his subsequent rescue by a group of unarmed, unknown men.

In a small town in 1928, a twelve year-old boy savors the magic of childhood and the wonders of summer.

A biography of President Barack Obama focusing on his life from childhood through adulthood, and detailing the events that shaped his political career, and includes a historical timeline.

Examines the seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. Discusses how these two men and their ideas represented America's quandary over the purpose of a democracy, and that this dilemma would not only lead to the Civil War, but to conflicts throughout America's future.

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Barack Obama, that covers his first one hundred days as president and the historic campaign before his election.

Examines certain aspects of the life of Abraham Lincoln in the years between 1831 and 1842, presenting him as a stubborn youth, partial to off-color jokes, and prone to depression; and traces the process by which he rose from unskilled laborer to a position of prominence in the Illinois legislature.

Steve Nugen can't understand why he has been forced to live at the institution of Burnstone Grove; but as he begins to write in his journal, he learns important things about himself he had never been able to see before.