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How the Hangman Lost His Heart

by Grant, K. M.

When her Uncle Frank is executed for treason against England's King George in 1746 and his severed head is mounted on a pike for public viewing, daring Alice t...

Becca at Sea

by Baker, Deirdre

Becca has often gone with her parents to visit Gran at her rustic cabin by the sea. But this year Becca's mother is expecting a baby, and Becca is sent to visi...

Who Was First?

Discovering the Americas

by Freedman, Russell

"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage...

The Bearskinner

A Tale of the Brothers Grimm

by Schlitz, Laura Amy

A retelling of the Grimm fairy tale in which a despondent soldier makes a pact to do the devil's bidding for seven years in return for as much money and proper...

Elijah of Buxton

by Curtis, Christopher Paul

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and...

Whale Port

by Foster, Mark

Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A fe...

Being Bee

by Bateson, Catherine

Bee faces friction at home and at school when her widowed father begins seriously dating Jazzi, who seems to take over the house and their lives, but as shared...

The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio

by Alexander, Lloyd

Naive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities o...

Beowulf

A Hero's Tale Retold

by Rumford, James

A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, an...

The Wednesday Wars

by Schmidt, Gary D.

During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in ...