The Boy Who Dared

The Boy Who Dared
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.

T4: A Novel in Verse

T4: A Novel in Verse
by Anne Clare LeZotte

When the Nazi party takes control of Germany, thirteen-year-old Paula, who is deaf, finds her world-as-she-knows-it turned upside down, as she is taken into hiding to protect her from the new law nicknamed T4.

Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting

Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting

by Jim Murphy

Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914 and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional source material.

Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered

Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered
by Barry Denenberg
Pictures by Christopher Bing

A collection of articles from the dark days following Lincoln's assassination as well as the story of his life, his emergence onto the national, political scene and his leadership through the Civil War.