Eleven-year-old Jack Clark struggles with everyday obstacles while his family and community contend with the challenges brought on by the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas.
Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester arrives in San Francisco with her family in 1851 and dresses like a boy in the mostly-male town, cutting her hair and wearing a cap to work as a newsboy in order to sell Eastern newspapers and participate in the biggest stories of the day.
Excerpts from the diary of William Bircher, a fifteen-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil War. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.
Sixteen-year-old Layne faces a dangerous challenge when he defies his mother and enters himself in a bull riding contest--the same rodeo event in which his father was killed.
A little boy faces the scariest babysitter he has ever seen when his parents leave him with a T-Rex. Features left-hand pages with advanced text for parents to read and right-hand pages with simpler text to help children develop their reading skills.
Max continues to scribble down his worst fears about his parents, his ideas about whether the aliens built the pyramids, and his creative thoughts about various scientific concepts.
Max writes down his thoughts and ideas in the form of comics and contraptions while dealing with pimply older brothers, school, and the fights his parents get into.
