Summary: Carnival! The drums were beating, hands clapping, and Auntie Fe was staring at me. I knew it was no time to be scared. After his grandfather dies, Angenor goes...
Summary: Through the lives of the great astronomers, follow the history of astronomy – the scientific study of the stars and planets. This book looks at some of the great...
Summary: Mani has never seen a white man before. For him, white is the color death. His grandfather then explains that these men are explorers, traveling across Australia. This story...
Summary: "Three hundred," said the big man. It was as if he were bargaining... but no, he couldn't be. You don't buy children. However, that is exactly what he was...
Summary: "Ever since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I've spent my while life dodge death and danger... I've fought my way through some of the wildest times in America's...
Summary: Running on courage. The roar of the crowd fills the air. The gold medal he wins is beautiful, but it pales next his shining smile. This was a boy...
Summary: Following a terrible storm, Crusoe finds himself stranded alone on a desert island off the coast of South America, all of his companions from his ship dead. Over the...
Summary: When Jim finds a treasure map after the terrible death of an ex-pirate, he, the doctor, and a well-to-do squire mount up a plan to take a ship to...
Summary: Orphan Heathcliff loves wealthy but unruly Catherine with all of his heart. Catherine marries her genteel neighbor, and Heathcliff disappears. When he comes back, he wins the estate of...