It is 1492, and Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain have signed the Edict of Expulsion, giving all Jews three months to leave the country. Joseph Belifonte, a twelve-year-old boy, escapes to Li
The true story of Walter and his Jewish family, who were hidden from capture in the Netherlands throughout the Second World War. The story spans Walter's life from six to fourteen years of age and is
Francis Sloan is a shy fifteen-year-old boy. When he meets edgy sixteen-year-old Sawyer, sparks fly...and Sawyer becomes pregnant. Their relationship is still so fresh and new, they decide they will p
Born in Germany, Marguerite was just into her twenties when she moved to Tunisia with her French lover. She thought she was choosing a life of adventure and freedom, but what she got was children and
For 25 years, the March of the Living has organized visits for adults and students from all over the world to Poland, where millions of Jews were enslaved and murdered by Nazi Germany during WWII. The
Women rock, and they have for a very long time! This book profiles 10 inspiring women who have triumphed in bringing their love of music to the world, singing, playing and composing despite all the o
When the teacher fails to explain the rules of "Telephone" properly and the last person to get the message reports very different words, the other children in class laugh at her and make her feel emba
Krista and Jason have been best friends since preschool. It never mattered that he was a boy with reddish brown hair and she was "the Korean girl" at school. Now in fifth grade, everyone in their clas
When Mommy has to go on a business trip to Bangkok, Corey's dad shows him that father and son can handle whatever comes up. A humorous, sunny, full of fun approach to traditional mother's work and chi
A happy-go-lucky boy, Leslie Mezei attends the local high school and plays in the parks and forests surrounding his town of Gõdõllõ, Hungary, until the spring of 1944, when Nazi tanks r
Not one word about that night and what had been done to her had ever passed Maddy Malone’s lips. She’d been frantic to tell at first. But then had come the shame, and the intimidation from the boys wh
Zoe loves school, and she has great friends, but she thinks her life is boring. She will always need a wheelchair, and her parents will always want to protect her. So how in the world will she ever ma
Nannerl Mozart's twelfth-birthday wish is to become a famous composer. She's already considered a brilliant musician, touring eighteenth-century Europe with her little brother, Wolfgang, and playing f
Anne Frank's life story is told by answering the most frequently asked questions posed by young people visiting the Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam. Text, detailed photographs and beautiful illus
Hana's Suitcase, which has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and is currently being developed into two feature-length films, tells the incredible true story of a Japanese Holocaust
The latest addition to the acclaimed Woman's Hall of Fame Series profiles ten incredible women with an itch to invent. Written in an accessible, engaging, and informative style, Incredible Women Inve
The determined story of an Ojibwe grandmother (nokomis), Josephine Mandamin, and her great love for nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect nibi for future generations an
Rachel Fletcher is nine years old when she, her mother and sister are crammed on board theExodus, a dilapidated vessel smuggling 4500 refugees of the Holocaust to their biblical homeland, Israel, know
Discover the lives of women artists from the 16th century to the present day, such as the early feminist Artemisia Gentileschi, the adventurous Emily Carr, the flamboyant Frida Kahlo and the brillian
Boomer women are about to pass yet another milestone -- RETIREMENT! The first wave of women to enter the workforce in significant numbers benefited from the feminist revolution and fought for a place
The acclaimed Women's Hall of Fame series continues with profiles of ten women wordsmiths who made history in their own uniquely creative ways. From LM Montgomery and George Eliot to Margaret Atwood
An award-winning children's playwright tells all for kids. Using several of her plays, which have toured in Canada and the United States, as the centerpiece, Kathleen McDonnell talks about the histor
This collection features ten women from Canada and around the world, amazing athletes who have gone the distance in their own way. The book profiles our own largely forgotten Olympian, Bobbie Rosenfe
During the American invasion of Canada during the War of 1812, Laura Secord, a Canadian farm woman, overhears some American officers planning a surprise attack, and undertakes a twenty-mile cross-coun
While watching her mother making bread and her father working as a tailor, Sara imagines herself heroically saving people from enemy soldiers, but when her mother steps out, Sara finds more practical
While watching her mother making bread and her father working as a tailor, Sara imagines herself heroically saving people from enemy soldiers, but when her mother steps out, Sara finds more practical
Extraordinary Women Explorers takes the reader across tens of thousands of miles over four continents, up to the top of the world, and through the extraordinary lives of 12 women. Their stories begin
Space is the final frontier, and these ten women have established their place in it. This collection of ten biographies features women who have made an important contribution to the exploration of sp
The story of the beautiful relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks her grandfather how to say something in his language, Cree, he admits that his language was stolen from
In the aftermath of her mother's death, Cat recklessly defers her admission to Stanford and joins Students Without Boundaries. She is sent to the South American city of Calante, torn apart by a recent
The real journal entries of a teen girl suffering with anorexia show the terrifying grip the disorder has on her. Her eating disorder is personified as Ed, undermining her self-esteem and her percepti
This is the true story of Patrick, who was born with hemophilia and contracted HIV through a tainted blood transfusion. Patrick decided to go public with his condition in order to help raise awarenes
Among the women celebrated in this book are Baroness Bertha von Suttner, one of the first activists in the modern peace movement, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, who worked in the 1970s to bring
There is no question we are harming our planet-grasslands in Somalia have dried up, unable to sustain agriculture; ice floes are thinning and breaking up in the north because of global warming; life-
Behind each tightly locked apartment door at rundown 64 Wilnut Street lie the hidden stories of the inhabitants. There is David, who tries to talk to his father's ghost, and Jennifer, who flirts with
When Gita receives wind chimes from her grandmother in India, she is reminded of her grandmother's advice that roses grow better with music and of someone who can use the chimes more than her.
In a small village in the Laurentians north of Montreal, a reclusive older woman is found strangled and frozen outside her home. Roméo Leduc, the enigmatic Chief Inspector for Homicide, is one da
This stunning photo essay takes a look at the thousands of children around the world who have been forced to flee war, terror, hunger and natural disasters, young refugees on the move with very little
Maddy was given a once in a lifetime chance on her tenth birthday, to visit Tanzania with her photographer uncle. She was impressed by the beautiful landscapes and the amazing animals she saw, but mo
Janey has a problem learning to read, and the effervescent Hattie Pearl is the only person who seems to understand. This book for 7 to 10 year olds is especially appropriate for children having diffic
