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The Flight of Apollo 11

by Floca, Brian

Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves ...

How Oliver Olson Changed the World

by Mills, Claudia

Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing ...

Let It Begin Here!

April 19, 1775, the Day the American Revolution Began

by Brown, Don

ONE DAY THAT CHANGED A NATION A nonfiction master brings the start of the American Revolution to life. A 26-year-old King George II found himself in financial ...

Boycott Blues

How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation

by Pinkney, Andrea Davis

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Ice Bears

by Guiberson, Brenda Z.

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Manjiro

The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries

by McCully, Emily Arnold

This is the true story of a determined and resourceful young man whose intimate knowledge of two cultures later led him to play an important role in the openin...

All Stations! Distress!

April 15, 1912

by Brown, Don

THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping acount of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal gre...

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-You Notes

by Gifford, Peggy

Ten-year-old Moxy Maxwell has promised to write twelve thank-you notes by the day after Christmas so that she and her twin brother Mark can go to Hollywood to ...

The Magic Thief

by Prineas, Sarah

A young thief is drawn into a life of magic and adventure after picking the pocket of the powerful wizard Nevery Flinglas, who has returned from exile to attem...

Way Up and Over Everything

by McGill, Alice

In this retelling of a folktale, five Africans escape the horrors of slavery by simply disappearing into thin air.