Hopkinson, Deborah

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.

Clara creates a quilt that is actually a map to the North and freedom for slaves.

Explores the lives of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, and how Annie helped Helen learn to speak and write. Presents information about Braille and sign language.

Describes the sinking of the Titanic based on the actual accounts of individuals who witnessed the disaster firsthand.

Eel, an orphan, and his best friend Florrie must help Dr. John Snow prove that cholera is spread through water, and not poisonous air, when an epidemic sweeps across their London neighborhood in 1854.

"The story of America's little known war-within-a war -- that of the "silent service" -- U.S. submarine warfare during World War II"--Provided by publisher.

Eel, an orphan, and his best friend Florrie must help Dr. John Snow prove that cholera is spread through water, and not poisonous air, when an epidemic sweeps across their London neighborhood in 1854.

In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.

Relates a story from the childhood of author Beatrix Potter during which she borrowed a guinea pig named Queen Elizabeth from her neighbor so she could draw it, but was unable to keep her promise to return the pet unharmed.

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.