When Bast picks up Trick, a street hustler with few prospects, Trick is prepared to play along, to have some fun. What he's not prepared for is falling in love. Good thing for him the obsess ...more on ebook "Harriet Tubman, The Moses of Her Pe..."

The life of John Hancock, contemporary of Samuel Adams and Paul Revere and first to sign the Declaration of Independence is featured in this volume of the Young Patriots series. Detailing Ha ...more on ebook "John Hancock, Independent Boy..."

On February 14th, 1969, Second Lieutenant James Patrick Witt, of the United States Marine Corps, became one of the 58,000 American casualties of the Vietnam War. The anniversary of his death ...more on ebook "A Valentine for Uncle Jim..."

"Haley" Jackson grew up in poverty on the levees of New Orleans, hunting alligators along the Mississippi River for food and gathering driftwood for fuel with her brother Peter. But every Su ...more on ebook "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer and ..."

Phillis Wheatley's rise from slavery to recognition as the foremost African American poet in the American colonies is featured in this volume of the Young Patriots series. Focusing on Philli ...more on ebook "Phillis Wheatley, Young Revolutiona..."

Are You a Cynical Beginner?
You may not have a Ph.D. in history, but you already know -- or can readily believe -- that Columbus didn't exactly "discover" America. Or that th ...more on ebook "The Fieldston Guide to American His..."

Black Stars of Civil War Times ...more on ebook "Black Stars of Civil War Times..."

Active and restless, "Bud" Riley, the boy who would grow to be one of the 19th century's most popular and respected poets, had a hard time sitting still in school-unless he was drawing or wr ...more on ebook "James Whitcomb Riley, Young Poet..."

By the age of 11 Stephen Cronin was more trouble than his widowed mother could handle. He was becoming a "tough"-running the streets of Rockland with his pals, skipping school and refusing t ...more on ebook "The Island..."