Dreadful Fates: What a Shocking Way to Go!
This book is full of very short descriptions of unusual ways that people died or things that happened to their bodies or part of their bodies afterward. It is actually kind of surprising…
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
2009 National Book Award Winner * 2010 Newbery Honor * 2010 YALSA Young Adult Non-Fiction Honor * 2010 Sibert Honor Excellent. If I were boss this would be required reading for all Americans….
Think Again
First love can be frustrating, rewarding, humorous, and even inspiring. This collection of poems attempts to capture what first love truly does entail. A clean, well-done look at first love through the eye…
Lincoln’s Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps
For two years duriing the Civil War, a corps of balloonists led by Thaddeus Lowe spied on the Confederate Army. Lincoln’s Flying Spies tells the exciting story of Lowe’s efforts to organize the…
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World is a great book for those who want to know the background of the Plymouth settlement and what happened after the “First Thanksgiving.” How the Pilgrims…
Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era
aeronauts, balloons, ballooning, transportation, parachutes, history of ballooning, sky sailors, pyrochtechnics, adventure, history, science
