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Author:Reg Quist
Northward To Home: A Historical Christian Western
A SLAVE'S BRAVE JOURNEY TO LIVING HIS DREAM.John Ware, a well-known, highly loved, and acclaimed black cowboy, arrived in Alberta at the beginning of the extraordinary ranching story on the grasslands. He faced and conquered snowstorms, vast distances, rough horses, not to mention a...- $16.00
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Author:Manuela Santoni
Brontë
Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bront --faced with an ailing father and an alcoholic brother--pursue independence through art in this graphic vision of the lives of three legendary writers. Despite their family's stormy fortunes, the Bront sisters resolved to write. To thwart the nineteenth century's...- $14.99
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Author:Camron Wright
The Rent Collector: Adapted for Young Readers from the Best-Selling Novel
Based on true events. Sang Ly lives at Cambodia's city dump and is grateful she can help earn a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things which can be repaired and sold. On a good day, she can...- $17.99
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Author:Keely Hutton
Soldier Boy
A searing, shocking book--part non-fiction, part novel--based on the true story of a child soldier in Uganda who survived war and enslavement and went on to create a haven for others who suffered a similar fate. Soldier Boy begins with the story of Ricky...- $10.99
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Author:Sook Nyul Choi
Echoes of the White Giraffe
* "Wonderfully telling scenes evoke the time, the place, and--more subtly--the deep-running emotions that these people, bound by customs and besieged by troubles, were so rarely free to acknowledge."--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review "Ms. Choi writes of social, political and personal hurts in a context...- $10.95
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Author:David Hann
The Jayhawker Cleveland: Phantom Horseman of the Prairie
The Free State of Kansas and the slave state of Missouri are the backdrop of this tale of heroic deeds and fatal mistakes. David Hann takes the reader on a trail ride through a gritty time in the American West when people were pitted...- $28.99
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Author:Tara Lynn Masih
My Real Name Is Hanna
1941, Hitler's army crosses into Soviet-ruled Ukraine in a secret mission titled "Operation Barbarossa. A young Jewish girl, Hanna Slivka is fourteen when German soldiers arrive in her small village of Kwasova. Until their arrival, Hanna has split her time between playing with her...- $16.95
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Author:Miriam Moss
Girl on a Plane
Bahrain, 1970. After a summer spent with her family, fifteen-year-old Anna is flying back to boarding school in England when her plane is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and taken to the Jordanian desert. Demands are issued. If they are not met, the terrorists will...- $9.99
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Author:Margarita Engle
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero
"Exceptional." --Booklist (starred review) "Heartfelt...Thoughtful and effective." --The Horn Book "Engle's lyrical poetry emotionally conveys the reality of being a greatly gifted, passionate, and deeply ambitious young man in a turbulent time." --BCCB From acclaimed author Margarita Engle comes a gorgeous novel in verse...- $11.99
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Author:David Elliott
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
"Stunning . . . . elegant . . . . arresting . . . . supple and harrowing." --Wall Street Journal Best-selling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her...- $9.99
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Author:Dianne Harke
Incognito: The Astounding Life of Alexandra David-Neel
INCOGNITO is a truly extraordinary story based on the remarkable life of Alexandra David-Neel, 1868 -1969. Journey "beyond the garden gate" with Alexandra David-Neel, spiritual seeker, opera singer, feminist journalist, intrepid explorer, Buddhist scholar and prolific author of over thirty books. Alexandra's wanderlust takes...- $21.95
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Author:Linda Crew
A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon, 1845
Seventeen-year-old Lovisa King leaves Missouri for the Oregon Territory in 1845. A Heart for Any Fate, based on the history of a company of real pioneers, tells the story of the King family, whose careful plans are challenged by the harsh, unforeseen realities of...- $13.95
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Author:Carolyn Meyer
Beware, Princess Elizabeth
Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure? Elizabeth Tudor's teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly those of a fairy-tale princess. Her mother has been beheaded by Elizabeth's own father,...- $8.99
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Author:Julia Gray
I, ADA: ADA Lovelace: Rebel. Genius. Visionary
The early life of Ada Lovelace, the 19th-century mathematician who is considered by many to be the world's first computer programmer. Ada Byron is rich and clever, but she longs to be free. Free to explore all the amazing ideas that come to her...- $11.99
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Author:Carolyn Meyer
Mary, Bloody Mary
The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is toinherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an evilstepmother who has enchanted her father; stripped of her title; and forced tocare for her baby...- $9.99
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Author:Carolyn Meyer
Patience, Princess Catherine: A Young Royals Book
England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur's betrothed--the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon's fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine's parents arrange a marriage with Arthur's brother, Henry, or will...- $13.95
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Author:Richard Glatzer
Time Machine 16: Quest for the Cities of Gold
When Christopher Colombus discovered the New World in 1492, it opened the floodgates for the countries in Europe to colonize as much as land as they could. Portugal was a major power, and now is your chance to join the Portuguese in their explorations....- $12.95
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Author:Gary Paulsen
The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West
Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the most successful US Marshal of the Wild West.Many "heroic lawmen" of the Wild West, familiar to us through television and film, were actually violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. But of all the sheriffs of the frontier, one...- $7.99
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Author:M. T. Anderson
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
Perfect for anyone playing the Six soundtrack on repeat who wants to discover more about the six wives of Henry VIII! This is an edge-of-your-seat reimagining of the romance and tragedy that defined them, told from multiple points of view by award-winning and bestselling...- $12.99
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Author:David Hann
The Jayhawker Cleveland: Phantom Horseman of the Prairie
The Free State of Kansas and the slave state of Missouri are the backdrop of this tale of heroic deeds and fatal mistakes. David Hann takes the reader on a trail ride through a gritty time in the American West when people were pitted...- $19.99
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Author:Naomi G. Sved
Diana's Wish
As a young girl, Diana has difficulty getting used to her life with a newly diagnosed illness. But when she is introduced to the world of service dogs, her outlook improves drastically.Join Diana on her journey with help from her family and school friends.Author:...- $6.95
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Author:Jane Powell
Butterflies in the System
Butterflies in the System is a story about love, incarceration, and perseverance. Inspired by true events, it follows a year in the life of five teenagers as they struggle through the youth protection system in Montreal. Through the halls of a group home, into...- $17.99
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Author:Margarita Engle
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero
"Exceptional." --Booklist (starred review) "Heartfelt...Thoughtful and effective." --The Horn Book "Engle's lyrical poetry emotionally conveys the reality of being a greatly gifted, passionate, and deeply ambitious young man in a turbulent time." --BCCB From acclaimed author Margarita Engle comes a gorgeous novel in verse...- $17.99
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Author:David Elliott
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
★★★★ FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! ★★★★ Kirkus Best Book / Publishers Weekly Best Book / TheWall Street Journal Best Book Bestselling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life...- $17.99
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Author:Saul Ramirez
The Champions' Game: A True Story
In April of 2015, a team of "border kids" from South-Central El Paso surprised the country by competing in the national chess championships. For these kids, dreams of beating highly privileged students from "fancy" schools in upper-crust neighborhoods aren't on the radar. They have...- $14.99
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Author:Arthur Byron Cover
Time Machine 14: Blade of the Guillotine
Your mission is to find the controversial diamond necklace that helped trigger the French Revolution. In 1785 France was ready to burst into the flames of revolution. That year a Church official, the cardinal de Rohan, ordered a diamond necklace to be made in...- $12.95
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Author:Pamela Bauer Mueller
An Angry Drum Echoed: Mary Musgrove, Queen of the Creeks
As Pocahontas was to Jamestown and Sacajawea was to the Lewis and Clark expedition, so was Mary Musgrove to General James Oglethorpe and the burgeoning Georgia colony. Not much has been written about one of the leading characters in the founding of Georgia, but...- $13.95
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Author:Paula Evans-Johnson
Diary of An Imperfect Girl
Digging in deep to share her personal journey, author Paula Johnson writes her debut story Diary of an Imperfect Girl, which is a powerful memoir about young Paula Evans-Johnson as a teenager. Growing up, Paula felt like a wildflower child, and at the age...- $15.99
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Author:DiAnn Floyd Boeym
Rise! A Girl's Struggle for More - Dyslexia friendly edition
Rise! A Girl's Struggle for More is an old-fashioned, historical family drama-a sweet, yet edgy, coming of age story. Set in the 1920s, it is based on the life of the author's grandmother.The main character, Ruby Pearl, is mature beyond her years, born at...- $18.99
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Author:Trudi Hierholzer
The Mostly True Stories of Trudi Hierholzer
"The Mostly True Stories of Trudi Hierholzer" is an illustrated biographical fiction book composed of a collection of 10 short stories about a girl growing up. The rite of passage from elementary school to high school for Trudi is fraught with adventure, challenges and...- $8.99
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Author:Manuela Santoni
Brontë
Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bront --faced with an ailing father and an alcoholic brother--pursue independence through art in this graphic vision of the lives of three legendary writers. Despite their family's stormy fortunes, the Bront sisters resolved to write. To thwart the nineteenth century's...- $33.32
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Author:Melanie J. Fishbane
Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery
For the first time ever, a young adult novel about the teen years of L.M. Montgomery, the author who brought us ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Maud to her friends -- has a dream: to go to college and become...- $10.99
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Author:Shonna Slayton
Liz and Nellie: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's Race Around the World in Eighty Days
New York City, November 14, 1889. Young newspaper reporter Nellie Bly sets sail on the Augusta Victoria for a trip around the world. She plans to beat Jules Verne's fictional record from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days. She thinks she can...- $13.99
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Author:Carol Gaskin
Time Machine 13: The Secret of the Royal Treasure
Did you ever wonder what it was like to live in England during the time of Queen Elizabeth I? Travel back to the 16th century and come face-to-face with the queen herself, and discover, among all the men who loved her, whose ring she...- $12.95
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Author:Steve Perry
Time Machine 5: Civil War Secret Agent
When you read this Choose Your Own Adventure-type book, you'll get more than an adventure. More than 10 years later, I still remember most of the storyline. But most importantly, this book introduces you to one of the many unsung Civil War heroes: Harriet...- $12.95
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Author:Patricia McCormick
Never Fall Down
This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn...- $17.99
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Author:Subhadra Sen Gupta
The Teenage Diary of Jahanara
A lyrical and gripping read that captures the drama and intrigues in the Mughal empire at the height of its glory. It is 1626, and Jahanara is in Mandu, central India. Her father, Prince Khurram--who will later become Emperor Shah Jahan--has fallen out of...- $15.99
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Author:Geert Spillebeen
Kipling's Choice
As a young man, Rudyard Kipling was devastated when his military application was rejected because of poor eyesight. Although Rudyard would go on to win England's highest accolades, he never got over this lost opportunity to serve his country. When World War I broke...- $12.95
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Author:Robin Stevenson
Time Machine 18: Sword of Caesar
Break out the swords and sandals, because you're off on a trip to Ancient Rome Your mission is to discover why Julius Caesar's favorite battle sword disappeared during the course of history, and along the way witness events that helped shape the Roman Empire...- $12.95
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Author:Susan Peek
Saint Cloud of Gaul, The Prince Who Traded Kingdoms
A horrific act of treachery. A hairbreadth escape. A decade of desperate hiding. And an encounter with Christ that changes it all!When young Prince Cloud, grandson of the mighty King Clovis and heir to the Kingdom of Orleans, is suspiciously summoned to his uncle's...- $15.95
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Author:Marc Kornblatt
Time Machine 15: Flame of the Inquisition
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain reigned over a prosperous and peaceful time and were among the best-loved monarchs in Spain. So why, in 1480, did they allow 25,000 people to be persecuted and burned at the stake? Your mission is to go...- $12.95
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Author:Cahndice Matthews
Gregorio Esparza: Alamo Hero
Jos Gregorio Esparza, also known as Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texian defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of the siege and was the only Texian given a Christian burial following the battle.Esparza joined the volunteer Texas army and traveled to...- $9.95
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Author:Caridad Ferrer
Adios to My Old Life
Does a seventeen-year-old from Miami have what it takes to be the next big Latin superstar? And does she really want it? As a talented singer-guitarist with a dream of going pro, Alegría Montero is getting fed up with the endless, boring parade of...- $17.95
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Author:J. Albert Mann
What Every Girl Should Know: Margaret Sanger's Journey
This compelling historical novel spans the early and very formative years of feminist and women's health activist Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, as she struggles to find her way amidst the harsh realities of poverty. Margaret was determined to get out. She didn't...- $18.99
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Author:Subhadra Sen Gupta
The Teenage Diary of Jodh Bai
A glimpse into the heart and mind of a young girl who went on to become an important queen. In the Rajput kingdom of Amber, Jodh Bai, daughter of King Bihari Mal, is now a teenager. Her clan, the Kachhwahas, are a proud warrior...- $13.99
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Author:Sharon Dogar
Monsters: The Passion and Loss That Created Frankenstein
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 1814: two 16-year-old stepsisters run away with a married man. The results are devastating and the ripples will be felt for centuries. This is the incredible story of Mary Shelley--radical, rebellious and entranced. It is the story of a...- $11.99
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Author:Paul Cicchini
Young Cyrano
Before Cyrano de Bergerac became a famous swordsman, poet, inventor, and iconoclast hero, he was an awkward teenager just like the rest of us. Find out what adventures turned him into the courageous, self-assured, hero we know and admire when you read Young Cyrano....- $12.99
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Author:Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
Selling Hope
Selling Hope is an inventive middle grade novel about a girl who wants a normal life and how she sees Halley's Comet as her ticket out of the vaudeville circuit. It's May 1910, and Halley's Comet is due to pass thru the Earth's atmosphere....- $30.99
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Author:David Weiskircher
A Thin Place
Joe lives an idyllic life. He needs nothing more than what he has, which is nothing more than a dog and some hills to wander. That is, until it's all whisked away early one morning, as he's thrown into his parents' car, his best...- $15.99
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Author:Miriam Moss
Girl on a Plane
Bahrain, 1970. After a summer spent with her family, fifteen-year-old Anna is flying back to boarding school in England when her plane is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and taken to the Jordanian desert. Demands are issued. If they are not met, the terrorists will...- $17.99
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