Hopkinson, Deborah

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.

Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London. Includes author's note about Dickens' life and some of the books he wrote.

An illustrated story of Matthew Henson who, along with Robert Peary and four Inuit men, reached the North Pole in April 1909.

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.

The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University.

Presents a brief biography of Susan B. Anthony, in simple text with illustrations, chronicling the life of the woman who campaigned for equal rights for women during her long life.