The heroic story of the Oglala Warrior who triumphed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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...]

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

Based on a true story, young Sadako faces the battle of her life when she is diagnosed with "atomic bomb disease" (leukemia). She turns to her native Japanese beliefs and makes one thousand paper cranes so the gods will grant her wish to be well.

A graphic narrative describes what happens to a 13-year-old Jewish girl when the Nazis invade Hungary in 1944. Includes a brief chronology of the Holocaust.

After several dizzy spells send Hiroshima-born Sadako to the doctor, the budding school track star finds out she has leukemia—known as the "atom bomb disease." But she faces life with spirit and bravery. And a legend says that if she folds 1,000 paper... [More...]

Kehret, who contracted polio in 1949, describes the diagnosis, severe symptoms, treatments, physical therapy, walking sticks and more in this moving memoir. B&W illustrations.

Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible—certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again... [More...]

In 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, marked "Hana Brady, May 16, 1931." The center's curator, searches for clues to young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down... [More...]

In 1862, eight slaves stole a Confederate gunship from the port of Charleston, South Carolina, and delivered it to the Federal Navy. The audacious plan was masterminded by 24-year-old black sailor Robert Smalls, a brilliant military strategist who shattered... [More...]