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Too Scared to Tell
by Cathy GlassThe true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar’s school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar’s mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of ‘friends’, but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen. Oskar is far too quiet for a child of six and is clearly scared of something or someone. And who are those men parked outside his school watching him?
The Letters of Edith Wharton
by Edith WhartonA careful selection, including Wharton's "major" letters that are often quoted, and for the first time, a substantial portion of her correspondence with Morton Fullerton, with whom she had an affair while in her mid-40s.
Kaffir Boy in America: an encounter with apartheid (kaffir boy #2)
by Mark Mathabanesequel to Mark Mathabane’s extraordinary autobiography, Kaffir Boy Continues the story of the Black South African who migrated to the United States, and tells of his adjustment to America's luxuries and freedoms, and his discovery of America's racial and social injustices
China Journal 1889-1900: An American Missionary Family During the Boxer Rebellion
by Eva J. PriceBiography of an American family in China during the Boxer Rebellion, based on letters and diaries from the author.
Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's Rights
by Helen Albee MonsellFocuses on the childhood of a pioneer in the crusade for human rights, particularly those of women.
Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Dharathula H. MillenderFocuses on the youth of the Massachusetts slave who, after joining the colonial patriots in their struggle for freedom, was the first man to die in the American Revolution.
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonA fictionalized biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.
Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonA fictionalized biography of the early life of the frontier hero who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first white settlers into Kentucky.
Thomas A. Edison:Young Inventor (Childhood of Famous American Series)
by Sue GuthridgeA biography focusing on the childhood of the inventor who patented more than 1,000 inventions in sixty years, among them the electric light and the phonograph.
Albert Einstein: Young Thinker (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Marie HammontreeAll children know who Albert Einstein grew up to be--but what was he like as a child? A fictionalized biography of the childhood of the famous scientist.
Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Hazel B. Aird Catherine RuddimanA fictionalized biography of the early life of the American automotive industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production.
Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonA fictionalized biography of the young Philadelphia printer who grew up to become a world-renowned author, diplomat, scientist, and inventor, and one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph
by Katharine E. WilkieFocusing on her childhood years, this biography is about Helen Keller who overcame her handicaps with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Dharathula H. MillenderA fictionalized biography of the civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate
by Helen Albee MonsellA biography focusing on the childhood of the man who turned down the field commander of the United States Army and became the leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonUsing simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, believable and fictionalized biography looks at the childhood of America's sixteenth president.
Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonA fictionalized biography of the childhood of the Pennsylvania German woman who became a Revolutionary War heroine when she carried water to American soldiers and even fired a cannon herself during the Battle of Monmouth.
Paul Revere: Boston Patriot (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonPresents the boyhood of the well-known Boston silversmith and patriot of the Revolution, famous for his ride to warn the countryside of the approaching British.
Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Guernsey Van RiperA fictionalized biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history, for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner as well as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.
George Washington: Our First Leader (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonUsing simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, believable, and fictionalized biography looks at the childhood of the man who grew up to become an integral part of the American colonies' fight for freedom.
Martha Washington: America's First First Lady (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Jean Brown WagonerDid you know that Martha Washington was called Patsy when she was a little girl? Or, that she loved horses? She even had a pet baby black bear. This short biography covers the future first "First Lady's" childhood and teen years, with some details in a final chapter on her later years, in an easy-to-read and interesting narrative for middle-schoolers and young teens.
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
by Augusta StevensonPresents the fictionalized boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903.
The Amazing Benjamin Franklin (Reading Wonders #Approaching Level, Grade 3)
by Victoria St. JohnNIMAC-sourced textbook