London, 1830s, 12-year-old Victor, an orphan, knows from experience that life is dangerous, and death by disease or accident is common. But to Mr. Tipple and Mr. Biggs, these streets -teeming with the poor and forgotten are a paradise. They know that a child, once dead, is a commodity, and they are growing impatient.
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Archer’s Quest
Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time.
While I live
For Ellie Linton, being back on the farm with her parents is what makes the terrible things that happened during the war. But the war won’t let her go. A devastating tragedy has shattered any hope she ever had to reclaim her life, or herself.
Dawn and Dusk
As 13-year-old Azad tries desperately to cling to the life he has known, the political situation in Iran during the war with Iraq finally forces his family to flee their home and seek safety elsewhere.
The Falconer’s Knot : A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play
Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.
Montmorency’s Revenge
As Queen Victoria lies dying and with her family in danger, a group of friends races to track down the anarchists responsible for George’s death, even as Montmorency seeks to teach a new generation to forgive.
Could You? Would You?
A book of questions and possibilities to get kids laughing, thinking, talking, drawing, writing and exploring the world.
Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS
In Malawi and Zambia, children who have lost family to the AIDS pandemic tell their stories. This book is about the power of the human spirit to endure and hope for a better tomorrow.
Seesaw Girl
Jade Blossom can never go beyond her family’s Inner court. Every girl from a good family in seventeenth-century Korea must stay at home and learn to sew and work in the kitchen to prepare her for her future life in her husband’s Inner Court. Jade has other interests. She longs to take trips to the mountains and the marketplace. Jade won’t stop thinking about the world beyond the high walls of her home.
Hidden On The Mountain: Stories Of Children Sheltered From The Nazis In Le Chambon
As the Nazi Army invaded one European country after another at the onset of World War II, desperate Jewish families fled. Their lives were in danger, and many of them had nowhere to turn for help.