Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that
followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and
develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he
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Originally published more than a decade ago, this searing account of the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock—an ALA Nonfiction Book of the Year—is written by one of the black teenagers chosen to become warriors on the front... [More...]

Of mixed race and cultures, Barack Obama struggled for years with his identity and place in society. Having found his niche in public service, he has made history as the fifth African American U.S. senator ever to be elected. Now the skinny kid continues... [More...]

This definitive picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose dream changed America—and the world—forever.

In his most personal work to date, award-winning author Peter Ss takes readers on an extraordinary journey as he recalls his youth growing up in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s, when his country was on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain. Full color.

"A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.
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Now in a paperback edition, this acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare. Mawi followed his father's advice to "treat people . . . as though they... [More...]

When China's Communist Party detains Ji-Li's father, the 12-year-old is facedwith a difficult choice. This is her story.

Full-color illustrations tell the life story of the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr.