1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Joseph Mars, an orphan turned petty thief devises a great plan to land himself aboard a slave ship, The Sweet Amelie, on the ultimate quest: to find a pirate’s treasure in the far reaches of the Caribbean. But as time passes, he learns he's not alone in his hunger for the treasure, which forces him to rethink the true purpose of his presence aboard The Sweet Amelie. The destinies of a large cast of characters, including Alma and Joseph, become intertwined both on land and at sea in this unforgettable adventure of resilience and compassion as de Fombelle quietly elucidates the slave trade and the infamous Middle Passage for middle grade and YA listeners.
On Halloween eve 1938, people across America gathered around the radio to listen to their favorite Sunday evening program. Expecting to hear the latest drama from Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, many were alarmed when news
bulletins interrupted the show. New Jersey had been rocked by mysterious explosions. The announcements continued, each more frantic than the last. An invading army's strange and powerful weapons had killed thousands. Listeners
feared the worst. Was America under attack by the Germans? Could this be the start of another world war?
Award-winning author Gail Jarrow reveals in riveting detail the events leading up to the terrifying radio broadcast and its aftermath. She explores the reactions of listeners, the mass hysteria reported by the media, the public's susceptibility to
propaganda, and the role of radio as a source of both entertainment and information.
The shocking broadcast has never been forgotten. Tune in …
Explore incredible adventures and amazing facts -- satisfy your kid’s curiosity with this one-of-a-kind storybookDo your fantasy-loving kids find history class too serious or boring?
Do they wonder if maybe some really awesome stories from the past never made it into their library books?
What about tales of daring acts, strange behavior, or unbelievable happenings that many people don’t know about?
Get ready to unlock hours of engaging reading for your young one with this new collection of amazing stories.
In Interesting Stories for Curious Kids, you will discover:
- 35+ unusual short stories that will keep you turning pages
- The outrageous story of people mailing their kids
- How a sandwich started a war
- Reports about a giant hole that can suck in helicopters
- The head-scratching moment George Washington ordered a break from battle so he could return someone’s dog
- What it was like to work as a human alarm clock and get paid to wake people up
- The ultimate tale of survival -- being lost at sea for 438 days
- The fun things your kid doesn't learn in school but always wonders about -- “What’s the story of ketchup? Why is it called ‘ketchup’?”
And so much more!
This is not a collection of fairy tales and made-up events -- these are stories about real people, places, things, and situations.
As your kids explore astonishing tidbits of history and human nature, they’ll be glad to have this book as their companion.
If you want to discover incredible true stories that are kid-friendly and full of excitement on every page, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.
People aren't always what they play.
Twelve-year-old Maren is sure theater camp isn’t for her. Theater camp is for loud, confident, artsy people: people like her older sister, Hadley—the last person Maren wants to think about—and her cinema-obsessed, nonbinary bunkmate,
Theo. But when a prank goes wrong, Maren gets drawn into the hunt for a diamond ring that, legend has it, is linked to the camp’s namesake, Charlotte “Charlie” Goodman, a promising director in blacklist-era Hollywood.
When Maren connects the clues to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, she and her new friends are off searching through lighting booths, orchestra pits, and costume storages, discovering the trail and dodging camp counselors. But they’re not the
only ones searching for the ring, and with the growing threat of camp closing forever, they're almost out of time.
In her compelling debut, Janet Key crafts a heartwarming mystery about finding your people and accepting others as they are.
A dramatic, gripping history of the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution, told through vastly different perspectives
In October 1781, American, French, and British forces converged on a small village named Yorktown—a place that the British would try to forget and Americans would forever remember. In his riveting, balanced, and thoroughly researched account of the Revolutionary War’s last pivotal conflict, author-historian Tim Grove follows the true stories of American, French, and British players, whose lives intersected at Yorktown.
Through very different viewpoints—from General George Washington to the notorious traitor Benedict Arnold, from young French hero Lafayette to British General Lord Cornwallis, and an enslaved man named James who became a spy—The World Turned Upside Down tells the story of bold decisions made by famous military leaders, as well as the everyday courage shown by civilians. For every side involved, the world forever turned upside down at Yorktown.
The little-known and inspiring story behind the national anthem and the stars and stripes
“O say can you see” begins one of the most recognizable songs in the US. Originally a poem by Francis Scott Key, the national anthem tells the story of the American flag rising high above a fort after a night of intense battle during the War of 1812. But there is much more to the story than what is sung at ball games. What was this battle about? Whose bombs were bursting, and why were rockets glaring? Who sewed those broad stripes and bright stars? Why were free Black soldiers fighting on both sides? Who was Francis Scott Key anyway, and how did he end up with such a close view? Star-Spangled tells the whole story from the perspectives of different real players—both American and British—of this obscure but important battle from American history.
An extraordinary Egyptian adventure full of intrigue, riddles, and endless twists and turns.
When Talibah and her younger brother, Adom, accompany their father, an academic, to his homeland of modern Egypt, they become involved in a mystery surrounding an ancient, lost pharaoh—a rare queen named Hatshepsut. Someone
has tried to erase her from history, to make it appear as if she never existed! Now Hatshepsut is reaching out from beyond. She needs Talibah to help her and her high steward, Senenmut, reclaim their rightful place in history.
Working against Talibah is the snakelike Rashid, a colleague of her father’s, who as a different agenda. Will he manage to stop Talibah and her brother from discovering the truth about what happened to Hatshepsut and Senenmut? Or will
Talibah and Adom succeed in setting history straight and, in turn, discover a link to their own mother, who died mysteriously?
Did you know there was once a knight-king who named his sword “Joyous”? Did you know he suffered from insomnia? Did you know he had an archnemesis among the Saxons? Explore a series of beautiful historic images while meeting Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, through twenty-six fascinating, giggle-worthy, alphabetized parts of his life.
A traveling medicine show promises to cure all, but two kids learn it takes more than faith in the miraculous to fix things that are broken.
Thirteen-year-old Jack knows what cured his baby sister when his family thought she might never get well-Dr. Kingsbury's "Miraculous Tonic." Guaranteed to relieve maladies known to man or beast, Dr. Kingsbury's potion can cure everything from pimples to hearing loss to a broken heart, and Jack himself is a witness to the miraculous results and the doctor's kindness. When he had no money, the doctor didn't turn him away but gave him the tonic for free along with a job-to travel with him from city to city selling his cure-all elixir.
When Dr. Kingsbury and Jack arrive in Oakdale, the town at first feels like any other they've been to. But it's clear Oakdale is a town with secrets, and its citizens are slow to trust strangers.
Then Jack meets Cora, and a friendship neither expected starts to bloom. Together they uncover something else they didn't expect-not only secrets about the town but also Dr. Kingsbury. As they race to discover the truth, they'll have to decide who and what to believe before it's too late.
Una novela de misterio y humor, en los días previos a la independencia de la Argentina.
Gregorio y José Ignacio son dos niños que viven en San Miguel de Tucumán, en 1816. En medio del revuelo y la agitación que perciben en los adultos, estos dos niños viven divertidas aventuras y travesuras, al escaparse de su casa para investigar el misterioso enamorado de su prima Lucía y la desaparición de su preciado relicario. Un misterioso extraño, don Manuel, los ayudará a develar el misterio que finalmente se develará en la fiesta de la Independencia.
A thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven’s Murder Most Unladylike. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton, Bridgerton fashion and inspired by real Black British historical figures.
Twelve-year-olds Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds – Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House – but they both share a love of solving mysteries.
And when their eyes meet in the audience of the Drury Lane theatre one night, both girls are sure they’ve seen something suspicious on stage.
Lizzie and Belle soon find themselves on the trail of a mystery – and becoming best friends. But can they work out what’s going on in time to prevent a murder?
