Description: In early-nineteenth-century Newfoundland, the Beothuks have been decimated. Young Mishbee struggles against tuberculosis and prejudice as she befriends a young settler.
Author: Down, Heather Publisher: Sandcastle Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In early-nineteenth-century Newfoundland, the Beothuks have been decimated. Young Mishbee struggles against tuberculosis and prejudice as she befriends a young settler.
Author: Van Ryk,Laverne Boulogne Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Historical events, clashes of cultures and religions, nationalistic fervor, war. All this can be found in A Garland of Emeralds, which describes the dying days of the Dutch colonial empire.
Author: Lamadrid, Enrique R. Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This thoughtful bilingual book recounts the two most deadly epidemics to strike the Southwest-smallpox in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and influenza during World War I-this beautifully illu...
Author: Howe, Jane M. Publisher: Patria Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: These true-life tales of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, based on the remembrances of her sister Pidge, will inspire and thrill young readers. Kids will cheer as Amelia rescues two neighbor boys from...
Author: Dunlap, Susanne Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: For Anastasia Romanov, life as the privileged daughter of Russia's last tsar is about to be torn apart by the bloodshed of revolution. Ousted from the imperial palace when the Bolsheviks seize control...
Author: Truman, D. Richard Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When his mother dies of influenza, a five-year-old boy is dropped off at the doorstep of Mr. Piggles, the proprietor of the York Soap Factory. Cared for by Penelope, Mr. Piggles' daughter, this green...
Author: Bayle, B.J. Publisher: Dundurn Group Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Ben Muldoon witnesses the struggle of the Métis and Cree in the Saskatchewan River Valley in 1885. He is caught between his loyalty to a friend and the authority of an uncle
Author: Guyatt, Ben Publisher: Dundurn Group Format: Adobe PDF
Description: During the War of 1812, 18-year-old Billy Green spots the advancing American army and must ride three hours in the middle of the night to Burlington Heights to warn the British.
Author: Guyatt, Ben Publisher: Dundurn Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: During the War of 1812, 18-year-old Billy Green spots the advancing American army and must ride three hours in the middle of the night to Burlington Heights to warn the British.
Description: In 1909 British Columbia, an accident has profound consequences for 13-year-old Luc Godin and highlights the clash between the settled East and the brash new frontier.
Author: Perkyns, Dorothy Publisher: Dundurn Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Bridget Quinlan is a spirited 13-year-old when the Irish potato famine of the 1840s shatters her life. When the Quinlans are forced to accept the offer of a passage to Canada, appalling conditions onb...
Author: Henty, G. A. Publisher: NuVision Publications Format: Adobe PDF
Description: During the 16th century the Dutch people were overpowered by a barbarous Spanish bigot who was tenacious in his objective to force his religion on the people of the Netherlands or, failing this, to an...
Author: Cronin, Carol Newman Publisher: Gemma Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Oliver returns! The character we came to love in Oliver's Surprise finds himself on Cape Cod aboard Cap'n Eli's boat, the beloved "Surprise," as a major hurricane threatens to make landfall. In 1954, ...
Author: Hirota, Denise Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Book Synopsis: The ancient-looking footlocker was filled to the brim. On top was a tattered Prussian Army uniform, scattered gold buttons, some papers and a sword! -- Tommy Haus couldn't believe ...
Author: Reid, Charles Publisher: Dundurn Group Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: One night in the 1950s Robbie discovers something astonishing: his mother and her colleagues working on the Avro Arrow, a new fighter jet capable of unheard-of speeds.
Author: Ceci, Louis Flint Publisher: Prizm Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Fifteen years after his mother left town in disgrace, Malachi "Mally" Jacobs returns to Croy, Oklahoma to take care of his ailing grandfather. Outcast and abandoned, he knows nothing about his father,...
Author: Lasky, Kathryn Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Bring the past alive with quick links to explore over 140 additional screens of additional reference and encyclopedia content, streaming audio reenactments, images of relevant source documents, and ph...
Author: Croft, Andy Publisher: A&C Black Childrens & Educational Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, a match was set up betweenDynamo Kiev’s players, playing as FC Start, and a German side. Kievwon. And when the Germans fielded a better side, Kiev beat them...
Author: Prince, Alison Publisher: A&C Black Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: A story set during World War II. It is the summer of 1944. There have been no air raids for quite a while, and people are beginning to think the war may be coming to an end. Katie and her family don&#...
Description: What happens when the first people to feel hate start a genocide against the rest of the world?Chaos. Slaughter. Destruction.My name is James Brady, and this is my story.
Author: Danneberg, Julie Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Mary's love for her father and her desire to get life back to "normal" push her to take a chance that restores her father's spirit and brings her family a new life, strengthened by the hardships they ...
Author: Pitt, Steve Publisher: Dundurn Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: It is 1906, and 15-year-old newspaper boy and avid iceboat racer Bertie McCross fights to keep out of the clutches of the Kelly Gang, a family of slightly older Toronto toughs who are shaking down "ne...
Author: Pitt, Steve Publisher: Dundurn Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: It is 1906, and 15-year-old newspaper boy and avid iceboat racer Bertie McCross fights to keep out of the clutches of the Kelly Gang, a family of slightly older Toronto toughs who are shaking down "ne...
Author: Wilson, John Publisher: Dundurn Group Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Fourteen-year-old Al, spending the summer near James Bay with his father, is startled to see a ship he recognizes as the Discovery, whose captain was the ill-fated Henry Hudson.
Author: Fishback, Jere' M. Publisher: Prizm Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Josef Jaeger turns thirteen when Adolf Hitler is appointed Germany's new Chancellor. When his mother dies, Josef is sent to Munich to live with his uncle, Ernst Roehm, the openly-homosexual chief of t...
Author: Hollmann, Robert E. Publisher: Untreed Reads Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Join Juan Seguin and his friend Pablo Gomez as they live through one of the most exciting times in Texas History. Follow the adventures of Juan and Pablo from their childhood to the battles of the Tex...
Author: Ingram, Juanita Sue Publisher: IRON EAGLE PUBLICATIONS Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "It was a time of innocence." This book is about making plans and setting goals. It's about a time of innocence when a young person was awed by doctors and believed that adults had only their best i...
Author: Carbonell, Miguel Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In the year 2025, time travel has become the latest rage. Nathan and his family are looking forward to visiting ancient Alexandria, but something goes terribly wrong during the transfer back in time. ...
Author: Chandler, Ann Publisher: Dundurn Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: In 1910, 12-year-old Addy McLeod waits in a cabin for her brother, Cask, to send for her. She must fight off the advances of her alcoholic stepfather, but then tragedy strikes. She flees and disguises...
Author: Maes, Nicholas Publisher: Dundurn Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: When a mysterious plague breaks out in the year 2213 that places humanity on the brink of eradication, 15-year-old Felix Taylor must project back in time and retrieve the only possible cure, a flower ...
Author: Maes, Nicholas Publisher: Dundurn Group Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When a mysterious plague breaks out in the year 2213 that places humanity on the brink of eradication, 15-year-old Felix Taylor must project back in time and retrieve the only possible cure, a flower ...
Author: Webb, Terry Publisher: Pleasant Word Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In Leaving the Lighthouse, thirteen-year-old Louie leaves his island home to live on the mainland in this fourth book of the Louie Lighthouse series. A great story about growing up and learning to tru...
Author: Webb, Terry Publisher: Pleasant Word Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: In Leaving the Lighthouse, thirteen-year-old Louie leaves his island home to live on the mainland in this fourth book of the Louie Lighthouse series. A great story about growing up and learning to tru...
Author: Schaaf, Martha E. Publisher: Patria Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The world-famous novel of ancient times, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, was written by Lew Wallace, who grew up in the early 1800s roaming the fields and streams of Indiana. Young readers will meet th...
Author: Wallace, Karen Publisher: A&C Black Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Set in the Viking world of long boats, looting and grand adventure, The Goose Pimple Bay Sagas relate the hilarious tales of a ruling family with a difference.Book one introduces the two sons of Chief...
Author: Webb, Terry Publisher: Pleasant Word Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this first of a four-part series a 13-year-old boy helps his mother "keep a lighthouse" in the summer of 1903. Young adolescents dealing with peer pressure and family hardships will benefit from th...
Author: Cheatham, Marian Manseau Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The 1915 Western Electric Employee Picnic is the social highlight of the year in Cicero, Illinois. Five steamers wait to ferry seven thousand passengers to the picnic grounds in Michigan City, Indian...
