Hopkinson, Deborah

Details the history of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, in which British, American and Canadian forces invaded Nazi-occupied Europe, and draws on official documents, personal narratives, and archival photos to tell the stories of the soldiers, sailors, paratroopers, and specialists involved, including not just the famous players, but African-Americans, women, journalists, and service members.

"Bertie Bradshaw never set out to become a spy. He never imagined traipsing around war-torn London, solving ciphers, practicing surveillance, and searching for a traitor to the Allied forces. He certainly never expected that a strong-willed American girl named Eleanor would play Watson to his Holmes (or Holmes to his Watson, depending on who you ask). Leaving behind a coded notebook, Bertie is determined to solve the mystery. With the help of Eleanor and his friend David, a Jewish refugee--and, of course, his trusty pup, Little Roo--Bertie must decipher the notebook in time to stop a double agent from spilling the biggest secret of all to the Nazis"--OCLC.

Charlie Keller must prove that he can help his mother and sisters survive a Kansas blizzard while his father helps the free-soil settlers in Lawrence to defend their town from proslavery forces.

Presents a picture-book biography of First Lady Michelle Obama, covering her origins in Chicago and various roles as a hardworking, talented, and professional woman who is a wife, mother, sister, and friend.

Davey has been saving his money ever since his mother died so that he can leave the Seattle boardinghouse where he lives and works and go find his Uncle Walt in Alaska, and he becomes even more determined when gold is discovered in the Klondike and his stash of money disappears.

Tells the life story of John Adams, the second U.S. president, describing his childhood in Massachusetts, his marriage to Abigail, and his part in the American Revolution.

Twelve-year-old Davey arrives in Dawson City from Lake Bennett to look for his Uncle Walt who has come to the area to search for gold and encounters thousands of people, abandoned dogs, and a fire that threatens to destroy the town.

In this fictional story, Amelia Simmons, writer of the first American cookbook, creates an Independence Cake in 1789 to offer the newly elected President, George Washington.

In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York City where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to himself.