Fourteen-year-old Louisa Gardener, a nursemaid to the daughters of a wealthy family in London, is forced to confront her fear of the ocean and the memories of when her two-year-old brother drown and decide whether she will accompany the family when they make plans to set sail aboard the RMS "Titanic" to New York.
Relates, through illustrations and short passages, events of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath as seen through the eyes of soldiers, from generals to privates, as well as various civilians. Includes historical notes.
Thirteen-year-old Long, a dragon-style kung fu master and the oldest of the five survivors of the destroyed Cangzhen, must get to the Forbidden City before Tonglong declares himself emperor.
Kit Byrne's family unity is tested in nineteenth-century rural Ireland when the potato famine hits and wealthy landowner Lord Fraser drives them from their home, launching a series of tragedies that separates Kit from her family as they try to escape to a better life.
Cat Royal is bored with her luxurious lifestyle until she and her friends are forced onto a Navy ship bound for America, but in order to survive, Cat must rely on her wits and don male clothing before she is able to flee onto a Georgia island.
Cat Royal, raised by London theater owner Mr. Sheridan after being abandoned as an infant, travels to Paris at his request to spy on the revolution and ends up trying to save her friends who have been charged as traitors.
A novelization of the life and hardships faced by Phillis Wheatley, whose home on the edge of the African desert was destroyed by slave traders, and, after she is sold to Susanna Wheatley, Phillis is taught to read and write poetry.
Thirteen-year-old Halina Rudowski narrowly escapes the Polish ghetto and flees to the forest, where she is taken in by an encampment of Jews trying to survive World War II.
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
In 1775, Nathaniel Dunn, a thirteen-year-old indentured servant in Virginia, befriends an elderly schoolmaster and soon finds himself torn between the two sides in the American Revolution.
