Troy would rather kill soldiers in his computer game than write an essay for the Anzac Day competition. But when his mum comes home from Nanna Elsie's with old photos and a journal from Gallipoli, he is transported to the horrors of a real battlefield. Whose journal is it and what is in it that makes Troy have a change of heart about writing the ......
Ann Fay Honeycutt accepts the role of "man of the house" when her father leaves to fight Hitler because she wants to do her part for the war in this Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book. She's doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local children. Her town of Hickory responds by creating ......
Growing Up Under Occupation, a Child's Tale of Courage, Risk and Resista
An adventure story, set in war-time, where the main protagonist is a child. Although a fictional account, the story is set in a real historical context and many of the events are based actual first-hand testimony.Set in a rural town in south west France during 1940 to1944, the story examines the impact of the occupation by foreign invaders on ......
Red Hawk's Account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
When 700 men commanded by General Custer faced the combined forces of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull at the Little Bighorn, the massacre became the stuff of legend. This title retells this story of honor and bravery through the eyes of Red Hawk, a fictional young Lakota warrior.
Young Lone Bull dreamed of becoming a warrior. For the tribes of the American plains in the Buffalo Days of pre-reservation life, horse raiding was a chance for men to show their courage and bravery in battle. But Lone Bull's father had just refused to let him join the horse raid! How could he become a warrior if he remained at home?
The passing of great Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci--artist, anatomist, engineer, inventor--marked the end of an era. The world hasn't seen a visionary like him since. ... Until now. On a school trip to Florence, three American middle school students think they are in for a treat when a man who claims to be Leonardo da Vinci, brought back to ......
"Make sure Hamza never says a mean word to you again," ordered Samuel's father, the grand vizier. As the most important advisor in the royal court in medieval Spain, Samuel could hardly disobey him. But, what could he do to stop Hamza being mean to him?
With just 80 soldiers, Captain Fetterman boasted that he could defeat the entire Lakota nation. In 1866, after the Civil War, he would get his chance against Lakota chief Red Cloud. Fetterman's failure forced a negotiated peace treaty conceding every demand by the Lakota!
This is the first book that offers educators suggested approaches for teaching young adult literature in tandem with the most commonly taught works of Shakespeare.
