Describes the journey to and the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, from the point of view of a ten year old boy.
Presents Swift's satire on how the English should deal with the problem of Irish poverty by eating the excess Irish children, with questions and exercises related to the text.
A collection of short stories, poems, biographical accounts, and essays about the struggle for civil rights that address the question, "How do we achieve the ideal of equal rights for all?"
When the Lucy B., a river boat giving tours of the Florida wilderness, is destroyed, Ricardo Martinez must help get the passengers, including a quarrelsome family and two obnoxious teenagers, to safet
When Union troops burn Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, Abbie Lee Mason, whose family supports the Confederacy although they own no slaves, is angry, but when she and Liney, a neighbor's slave, find a wo
When Jesse Garcia arrives on Mars as safety engineer for the new colony, his first task is to investigate the disappearance of colonist Elliott Gaines--and one of the others says giant bird tracks wer
Crack, crack, crack! The cookies snap open and the family’s fortunes are revealed. Mei Mei wants to know how hers will come true. Jie Jie scoffs—they never come true. But Pacy isn’t so sure. As she wa
Patrick Moffit and his father, who is always trying one get-rich-quick scheme or another, travel to a small island in Nova Scotia, where his father hopes to find a famous lost treasure, but it looks l
The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft st
