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At the Firefly Gate
Written by Linda Newbery
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $5.99
Henry has always felt like an outsider and things are about to get worse when his family moves to the countryside and the prospect of a new school looms. He retreats more and more into his shell, until he meets Dottie, a frail old lady, who has tremendous spirit. He feels... Read more >
Written by Linda Newbery
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $5.99
Henry has always felt like an outsider and things are about to get worse when his family moves to the countryside and the prospect of a new school looms. He retreats more and more into his shell, until he meets Dottie, a frail old lady, who has tremendous spirit. He feels... Read more >
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II
The Kingdom on the Waves
Written by M.T. Anderson
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $22.99
Volume II of the National Book Award Winner and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller — a stunning resolution to the epic tale that "fascinates, appalls,
condemns, and enthralls."
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Sundered from all... Read more >
The Kingdom on the Waves
Written by M.T. Anderson
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $22.99
Volume II of the National Book Award Winner and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller — a stunning resolution to the epic tale that "fascinates, appalls,
condemns, and enthralls."
Fearing a death sentence, Octavian and his tutor, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides and pouring rain to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Sundered from all... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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War Is...
Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War
Edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $17.99
In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present an unflinching collection of works reflecting on the nature of war.
Marc Aronson thinks war is inevitable. Patty Campbell thinks war is cruel, deceptive, and wrong. But both agree on one thing: that teens need to hear the truthful voices of those... Read more >
Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War
Edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $17.99
In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present an unflinching collection of works reflecting on the nature of war.
Marc Aronson thinks war is inevitable. Patty Campbell thinks war is cruel, deceptive, and wrong. But both agree on one thing: that teens need to hear the truthful voices of those... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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For Freedom
The Story of a French Spy
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $5.99
A teenager transforms from a schoolgirl to a spy in this true story of heroism in wartime.
Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered in 1940 when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, the city of Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until... Read more >
The Story of a French Spy
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $5.99
A teenager transforms from a schoolgirl to a spy in this true story of heroism in wartime.
Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered in 1940 when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, the city of Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
Shattered
Stories of Children and War
Written by Jennifer Armstrong
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $6.99
As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch—mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. This collection examines all of war’s implications... Read more >
Stories of Children and War
Written by Jennifer Armstrong
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $6.99
As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch—mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. This collection examines all of war’s implications... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
The Shell House
Written by Linda Newbery
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $5.99
Greg’s casual interest in the history of a ruined mansion becomes more personal as he slowly discovers the tragic events that overwhelmed its last inhabitants. Set against a background of the modern day and the First World War, Greg’s contemporary beliefs become intertwined with those of Edmund, a foot soldier whose... Read more >
Written by Linda Newbery
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $5.99
Greg’s casual interest in the history of a ruined mansion becomes more personal as he slowly discovers the tragic events that overwhelmed its last inhabitants. Set against a background of the modern day and the First World War, Greg’s contemporary beliefs become intertwined with those of Edmund, a foot soldier whose... Read more >
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Archie's War
Written by Marcia Williams
Illustrated by Marcia Williams
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $17.99
Marcia Williams captures the Great War through a child’s eyes with a fascinating fictional scrapbook including real mementos of the day.
Meet ten-year-old Archie, his family, and best friend in a scrapbook Archie has made himself, full of comic strips and plenty of other memorabilia. The year is 1914, and as the... Read more >
Written by Marcia Williams
Illustrated by Marcia Williams
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $17.99
Marcia Williams captures the Great War through a child’s eyes with a fascinating fictional scrapbook including real mementos of the day.
Meet ten-year-old Archie, his family, and best friend in a scrapbook Archie has made himself, full of comic strips and plenty of other memorabilia. The year is 1914, and as the... Read more >
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Without Warning
Ellen's Story, 1914-1918
Written by Dennis Hamley
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $17.99
After World War I calls her brother to the front lines, a young woman sets out to make a difference in this powerful historical novel.
"I don’t know much about wars except soldiers and sailors get killed and Jack might get killed with them. But grown-up people say . . . they’re... Read more >
Ellen's Story, 1914-1918
Written by Dennis Hamley
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $17.99
After World War I calls her brother to the front lines, a young woman sets out to make a difference in this powerful historical novel.
"I don’t know much about wars except soldiers and sailors get killed and Jack might get killed with them. But grown-up people say . . . they’re... Read more >
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The Snow Goose
Written by Paul Gallico
Illustrated by Angela Barrett
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $17.99
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Written by Paul Gallico
Illustrated by Angela Barrett
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $17.99
Read more >
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Dear Papa
Written by Anne Ylvisaker
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $6.99
"The letters are personal and immediate, and the story is full of details that evoke the historical period. . . . The simple words grab your heart."
— BOOKLIST
It’s a good thing nine-year-old Isabelle is learning to write letters at school, because she has a lot to write to Papa about after... Read more >
Written by Anne Ylvisaker
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $6.99
"The letters are personal and immediate, and the story is full of details that evoke the historical period. . . . The simple words grab your heart."
— BOOKLIST
It’s a good thing nine-year-old Isabelle is learning to write letters at school, because she has a lot to write to Papa about after... Read more >
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Almost Forever
Written by Maria Testa
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $5.99
"Rapt readers don’t need to know anything about Vietnam to understand love, loss, fear, and waiting. A tour de force." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)
When the six-year-old narrator of this lyric novel watches her father march off to serve a year in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, a year seems like... Read more >
Written by Maria Testa
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $5.99
"Rapt readers don’t need to know anything about Vietnam to understand love, loss, fear, and waiting. A tour de force." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)
When the six-year-old narrator of this lyric novel watches her father march off to serve a year in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, a year seems like... Read more >
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Eyes of the Emperor
Written by Graham Salisbury
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $6.99
Eddy Okana lies about his age and joins the Army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the Army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American... Read more >
Written by Graham Salisbury
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $6.99
Eddy Okana lies about his age and joins the Army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers.
Then the Army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Dove Song
Written by Kristine L. Franklin
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $5.99
"Two young people take on more than they can handle in this anguished, reflective story set on the home front during the Vietnam War."
— KIRKUS REVIEWS
A Minnesota Book Award Winner
"Both a sensitive story of friendship and family problems and solid historical fiction." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Read more >
Written by Kristine L. Franklin
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $5.99
"Two young people take on more than they can handle in this anguished, reflective story set on the home front during the Vietnam War."
— KIRKUS REVIEWS
A Minnesota Book Award Winner
"Both a sensitive story of friendship and family problems and solid historical fiction." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Read more >
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Domenic's War
A Story of the Battle of Monte Cassino
Written by Curtis Parkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $9.95
On a rugged mountain in the center of Italy stands an ancient Benedictine monastery. It is January 1944, and Monte Cassino, the mountain on which the monastery stands, becomes the staging ground for one of the most fiercely fought battles of World War II.
Young Domenic and his family, who live on... Read more >
A Story of the Battle of Monte Cassino
Written by Curtis Parkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $9.95
On a rugged mountain in the center of Italy stands an ancient Benedictine monastery. It is January 1944, and Monte Cassino, the mountain on which the monastery stands, becomes the staging ground for one of the most fiercely fought battles of World War II.
Young Domenic and his family, who live on... Read more >
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For Freedom
The Story of a French Spy
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $5.99
A teenager transforms from a schoolgirl to a spy in this true story of heroism in wartime.
Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered in 1940 when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, the city of Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until... Read more >
The Story of a French Spy
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $5.99
A teenager transforms from a schoolgirl to a spy in this true story of heroism in wartime.
Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered in 1940 when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, the city of Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Shattered
Stories of Children and War
Written by Jennifer Armstrong
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $6.99
As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch—mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. This collection examines all of war’s implications... Read more >
Stories of Children and War
Written by Jennifer Armstrong
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2003
Price: $6.99
As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch—mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. This collection examines all of war’s implications... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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