Pearley Monroe, a 13-year-old, African-American boy, grows up in a California gold rush town. The book is based on a …
Anne teaches in her Canadian village of Avonlea, gets involved in neighbors’ problems and assists Marilla in raising young orphan …
A young boy shares his story about helping hide the Liberty Bell.
Harriet Tubman grows up as God prepares her for her role in the Underground Railroad.
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s story begins in Wisconsin.
Billy Pilgrim is a POW during World War II, and the trauma he experiences haunts him for the rest of …
Journalist John Hersey profiles six Hiroshima survivors. He details the moments after the bombings and tells how the victims fared …
Leon Leyson recounts his childhood in Nazi occupied Poland — the horrors he endured and the hope he found by …
When Nazis seize Anna’s father, she must wander the Polish countryside with a nameless man. They travel for four years …
When sea captain Billy Bones dies at the Admiral Benbow Inn, young Jim finds the pirate’s map and embarks on …