Ten to Fourteen

In Tokyo during the 1890s, sixteen-year-old Toyo struggles with the clash between western influences and the traditional bushido (samurai) values of his country and his father. Eventually, baseball and bushido help him connect the ancient values of Japan with the modern world.

To escape slavery in 1848, Ellen Craft disguised herself as an ailing but wealthy young white man traveling to Philadelphia by train and steamboat with a personal slave (her husband William). Primary sources and period photographs document this engrossing story.

Seamlessly integrating primary sources with fast-paced adventure, this riveting novel reveals the early history of Jamestown through the eyes of Samuel Collier, Captain John Smith’s page.

This moving biography shows how two young men, one African American and one white, braved intense opposition from both society and family to defend their powerful dreams of equal rights. Archival photographs reveal the violence of this era in American history.

In a nameless but brutal third-world country, three boys, subsisting as trash pickers, have their lives transformed when one finds a valuable but puzzling item buried in the debris. This story of mystery and survival pits government corruption against personal integrity.