Quick view The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter Returned to his white family, Indian captive John Cameron Butler wants to go back to his Indian family whom he respects and loves. View Details
Quick view The Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel--part mystery, part history--chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard. View Details
Quick view Shattered: Stories of Children and War by Jennifer Armstrong A collection of stories that explore the realities of war from a child's perspective. View Details
Quick view Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day... View Details
Quick view Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian Vahan Kenderian lives a life of privilege as the youngest son of a wealthy Armenian family in 1915 Turkey. His secure world is shattered when some family members are whisked away while others are murdered before his eyes. Vahan loses his home and... View Details
Quick view Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli It's 1899, and to a 14-year-old Sicilian immigrant, Louisiana is a lush world full of hidden rules and tension between the Negro and white communities. He's thrilled by a 'gator hunt in the bayou, and by his powerful feelings for a sweet Negro girl. View Details
Quick view Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman Set during World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, this remarkable debut poignantly depicts a young girl struggling to find her place in a mixed-up world, and tells a powerful story about love and loss set against a fascinating... View Details
Quick view Digging for Troy: From Homer to Hisarlik by Jill Rubalcaba It started as a legend told to each new generation-a war between the Greeks and the Trojans, with heroes battling over a beauty named Helen. While some question if this war and even the city of Troy itself existed, the tales have enticed people to look... View Details
Quick view Natchez Under the Hill by Stanley Applegate Fourteen-year-old Zeb survives skirmishes with horse thieves and other outlaws as he travels the dangerous Natchez Trace in 1811 while searching for his grandfather. View Details
Quick view Double Eagle by Sneed B Collard Mike is prepared for another routine summer in Pensacola with his marine biologist father. But plans suddenly change and Mike finds himself on Shipwreck Island near the site where a Confederate ship sank and right in the middle of a century-old mystery!... View Details
Quick view Casualties of War by Chris Lynch One of four friends who have volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, the intellectual Beck is in the Air Force, where he is part of a crew spraying Agent Orange. But the destruction of the jungle and his isolation from the fighting going on below is... View Details
Quick view Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam. View Details