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A beautifully rendered graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's
bestselling I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944, with text adapted
by Georgia Ball and art by Alvaro Sarraseca. It's been years since
the Nazis invaded Max Rosen's home country of Poland. All the
Jewish people, including Max's fam ily, have been forced to live in
a ghetto. At least Max and his sister, Zena, had Papa with them ...
until two months ago, when the Nazis took him away. Now Max and
Zena are on their own. One day, with barely enough food to survive,
the siblings make a dar ing escape from Nazi soldiers into the
nearby forest. They are found by Jewish resistance fighters, who
take them to a safe camp. But soon, grenades are falling all around
them. Can Max and Zena survive the fallout of the Nazi invasion?
With art by Alvaro Sarraseca and text adapted by Georgia Ball,
Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series takes
on vivid new life in this explosive graphic novel edition. Includes
non-fiction back matter with historical photos and facts about
World War II and the Holocaust. Perfect for: readers who prefer the
graphic novel format existing fans of the I Survived chapter book
series I Survived graphic novels combine historical facts with
high-action storytelling that's sure to keep any reader turning the
pages.
Prepare to meet 66 exceptionally brave adventurers in this celebration of monumental achievements from around the world. Mountaineers, conquerors, explorers, sailors, pilots and many others who accomplished amazing feats of bravery and triumph are waiting to be discovered in Simon Cheshire's outstanding, Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventures, vibrantly illustrated by Fatti Burke.
These are the astonishing true stories of just a few of the world's most daring men and women who defied all odds to achieve their goals and make their dreams come true. Drive across the world, avoiding danger around every corner, with Aloha Wanderwell on The Million Dollar Wager, dive to the deepest depths of the dark and unexplored ocean with Jacques Piccard, climb to the highest peak of Mount Everest with Junko Tabei or tumble over Niagara Falls in a barrel with Annie Edson Taylor. There is no adventure too big or small for this fearless group of men and women!
This collection of outstanding adventurers is sure to inspire the next generation of courageous risk takers. With bright and vibrant artwork from the effortlessly talented Fatti Burke, Epic Tales of Triumph and Adventure will make you want to reach for the stars . and don't let anyone stand in your way!
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Betty Before X
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Ilyasah Shabazz, Renee Watson
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In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel
like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake
the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those
worries fade, if only for a little while. Activists like Paul
Robeson stir African Americans in her community to stand up for
their rights. Betty finds purpose in volunteering for the
Housewives League, which supports black-owned businesses. Soon, the
American civil rights icon we now know as Dr. Betty Shabazz is
born. Inspired by Betty's real life - but expanded upon and
fictionalized in collaboration with novelist Renee Watson - Ilyasah
Shabazz illuminates four years in her mother's childhood with this
book, painting an inspiring portrait of a girl grappling with
self-acceptance and belonging that will resonate with young readers
today.
In Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code, Ada uses her incredible
imagination to dream up technology that could have jump-started the
digital age nearly two hundred years ago. In fact, she writes what
will become the world's first programming language. As a child, Ada
is curious about everything. She is obsessed with machines and
creatures that fly, even going so far as to write her own book
about them called "Flyology." Along with her cat, Mistress Puff,
Ada gets into all sorts of trouble. According to her mother, Ada is
a bit too wild and her imagination could benefit from some
discipline, so she puts Ada into a rigorous syllabus of
mathematics, languages, and geography. When Ada comes out in
London's high society, she is invited to the most popular soiree in
town, hosted by the renowned inventor Charles Babbage. It is there
that she encounters a mysterious machine which unlocks a future
full of possibilities. But she can't escape marriage forever, and
soon finds herself a wife with three children. She aches to study
math again, to stand on the same ground as the eccentric inventor
she met so many years ago. She hires tutors to teach her absolutely
everything about math and numbers, before joining Babbage in his
mechanical world. This is the story of a pioneer in the computer
sciences, which is now a multibillion-dollar industry, but it's
also proof that women have the intellectual capacity to make
invaluable contributions to the Science Technology Engineering
& Math world. Also included is further information on Ada's
legacy today and activities based on simple coding and mathematical
concepts.
Experience the Titanic in full colour! An exciting graphic novel
adventure, combining historical fact with high-action storytelling.
Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck - he and his
little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the
ocean with their Aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to
explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage
cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is
everywhere, and George's life changes forever... Vivid full-colour
art Includes a non-fiction section at the back of the book Plus
facts and photos about the real-life events Lauren Tarshis's New
York Times-bestselling I Survived series takes on vivid new life in
full-colour graphic novel editions.
Nelson's Dangerous Dive explores deep underwater with Nelson the
Whale where he discovers a hidden shipwreck and learns that what
lurks below may not let you go. As he desperately signals for help,
luck is on his side as a group of brave tourists give him the break
he needs! Nelson's Dangerous Dive is based on true events and it is
this powerful message which invites children and adults alike to
question the impact of ocean plastic on our environment. With ideas
and activities which reinforce the story this is a book which will
inspire children to make changes to the world around them. There is
a huge growing national and international consciousness about the
dangers of palm oil and deforestation and it is important to teach
children about this devastating global issue without overwhelming
them or shocking them. The Wild Tribe Heroes series of books guides
young readers through the issues in a gentle and friendly way
together with further information to inspire children to make
changes to their own and their families lives. Sold over 30,000
books in the series in just 2 years ; No 1 bestselling books ;
Personal letters of congratulations from Sir David Attenborough and
Prince Charles ; All books are based on true stories which means
that children are more connected to the issue. ; Featured in
national media - BBC, ITV, Guardian, Huffington Post and Mail on
Sunday ; Sold by WH Smiths, Waterstones, National Trust, RNLI,
Surfers Against Sewage, #2MinuteBeachClean. ; Stocked by over 250
museums, national libraries, bookshops and gift shops, zero waste
and farm shops and major tourist attractions such as The Eden
Project and London & Chester Zoos ; Reached over a million
children worldwide in schools ; Translated into 15 different
languages so far
From foremost radio and television broadcaster Ryan Tubridy, and
Kate Greenaway Medal-winner P. J. Lynch, comes a picture book about
President John F. Kennedy's return to his ancestral home in
Ireland. When the much-loved President visited Ireland in 1963, he
described it as the best four days of his life and, for a
generation of Irish people, it was a trip they never forgot. In
this warmly told, big-hearted picture book, Ryan captures the
fevered excitement in the build-up to JFK's visit - all evoked
through the eyes of a young boy called Patrick who wants to know,
more than anything, what it would feel like to shake the
President's hand... Rooted in historical fact, and marking the
centenary of JFK's birth, this feast of a book offers readers a
very pure and personal take on JFK's visit to County Wexford and
includes a time line in the back matter.
My Story: Ignatius Sancho is the extraordinary true story of a
young boy's life: a slave, a servant, a business owner, a
campaigner, a composer, a writer. Greenwich 1738, and
eight-year-old Ignatius lives with three sisters. Not as a member
of their family, but more or less a pet - a toy. He serves them
breakfast, lunch and dinner, fetches and carries, does their
bidding and all without thanks or a smile. He lives with the
constant possibility of being sent away to a sugar plantation - to
endure back-breaking work away from everything and everyone he has
ever known. When the threat of being sent back to the West Indies
to be enslaved on a plantation becomes suddenly all too real,
Ignatius must escape and start to build a real and brilliant life
for himself. an inspirational story based on real life perfect for
anyone wanting to understand more about Britain's role in the
transatlantic slave trade an empowering and important read. "I have
to sit down. I need to wipe my eyes. Imagine, me, the little boy
who slaved for the sisters and had to fight so hard to be able to
read and write, has become the first black man to have a say in who
governs England." Experience history first-hand with My Story.
Christopher Columbus' astonishing life is a story of inspiration,
bravery, incredible achievement and terrible hardship. As the
explorer who took three small boats across the Atlantic and found
an undiscovered continent, he was a hero - but his greed for gold
and power brought tragedy on the people living there, and
eventually caused his own downfall. His amazing story captures the
excitement and urgency of the Golden Age of Discovery. Lives in
Action is a series of narrative biographies that recount the lives
of some of the key figures in history. Page-turning, thrilling
plots that read like fiction will keep the most reluctant reader
hooked.
1904, Alexandra Palace, London. When a couple of showmen need a
stand-in for a trick that involves shooting an apple off a human
target's head, sixteen-year-old Dolly Shepherd volunteers on the
spot. Little does she know that this will be the first of many
stunts and the start of a sensational career. But the life of a
parachutist is as dangerous as it is daring, and there will be many
close shaves along the way ...
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Struggling to deal with
her brother's death and a past she refuses to confront, Stevie
knows she has problems. But she's still furious about the fact that
she's been packed off to a health clinic, in the middle of nowhere,
where mobile phones are banned and communication with the outside
world is strictly by permission only. The regimented and obtrusive
nature of the clinic and its staff is torture to the deeply
private, obstinate Stevie - and don't even get her started on the
other 'inmates'. All she wants is to be left alone... But as Stevie
is about to find out, life is full of surprises. And she will prove
herself stronger than she knows - even when her past finally
catches her up in the most shocking and brutal way possible.
A story of survival, of love between mother and son and of enduring
hope in the face of unspeakable hardship. An important read. The
Boy Who Didn't Want to Die describes an extraordinary journey, made
by Peter, a boy of five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 1945.
Peter and his parents set out from a small Hungarian town,
travelling through Austria and then Germany together. Along the
way, unforgettable images of adventure flash one after another:
sleeping in a tent and then under the sky, discovering a disused
brick factory, catching butterflies in the meadows - and as Peter
realises that this adventure is really a nightmare - watching bombs
falling from the blue sky outside Vienna, learning maths from his
mother in Belsen. All this is drawn against a background of terror,
starvation, infection and, inevitably, death, before Peter and his
mother can return home. Professor Peter Lantos is a Fellow of the
Academy of Medical Sciences and in his previous life was an
internationally renowned clinical neuroscientist. His memoir,
Parallel Lines (Arcadia Books, 2006) was translated into Hungarian,
German and Italian. Closed Horizon (Arcadia, 2012) was his first
novel. Peter was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2020 for
'services to Holocaust education and awareness'. He is one of the
last of the generation of survivors and this - his first book for
children - will serve as a testimony to his experience. Peter lives
in London.
An Olympian who sacrificed a medal to save a competitor, a
professional soccer player who was bribed out of retirement with
pizza, a runaway pig who disrupted the start of a baseball game --
truth is stranger than fiction, especially in sports! In this
sequel to his first compilation of sports bloopers and unbelievable
stories, And Nobody Got Hurt, Today Show regular and Emmy
Award-winning sportscaster Len Berman shares more of the funniest
and most amazing stories in the history of sports, including
favorite moments from his popular Spanning the World segments on
NBC-TV.
Josh Sundquist had only ever had one girlfriend. For 23 hours. In
eighth grade. Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked
down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up:
What went wrong? We Should Hang Out Sometime is the the result of
Josh's semi-scientific, wholly hilarious investigation. From a
disastrous putt-putt date involving a backwards prosthetic foot to
his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing) to a misguided "grand
gesture" at a Miss America pageant, this story is about looking for
love-or at least a girlfriend-in all the wrong places. We Should
Hang Out Sometime is for every person who has ever wondered, "is
there something wrong with me?" (the answer, by the way, is "no").
By revisiting middle school, high school, and college experiences,
inspirational speaker Josh Sundquist shares what it was like to
grow up as "the guy with one leg." Interspersed with the author's
black-and-white line art, this real life story will appeal to fans
of The Fault In Our Stars and Ned Vizzini's Teen Angst.
"The Jerrie Mock Story is the rewarding tale of a feisty woman who
not only followed her dream, but made it happen." - Dorothy S.
Cochrane, curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum In
this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the
story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to fly solo
around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus-also
known as Charlie-she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward
route that totaled nearly twenty-three thousand miles and took
almost a month. Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and
maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered. Mock caught the aviation bug
at seven years old, when she rode in a Ford Trimotor plane with her
parents. In high school, she displayed a talent for math and
science, and she was the only woman in her aeronautical engineering
classes at Ohio State University. Although she then settled into
domestic life, she never lost her interest in flying. What began as
a joking suggestion from her husband to fly around the world
prompted her to pursue her childhood dream. But the dream became a
race, as another woman, Joan Merriam Smith, also sought to be the
first to circle the globe. Even though Mock beat Smith and
accomplished what her heroine Amelia Earhart had died trying to do,
her feat was overshadowed by the Vietnam War and other world
events. Now, Pimm introduces Mock to a new generation of
adventurers.
Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good.
They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.
In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.
Be inspired by the lives of trailblazers past and present in this
fun and factual biography series! How did Beyonce find her voice
and become an international superstar? As a child, she may have
been shy in the classroom, but when Beyonce stepped out on stage
she transformed into a powerful performer. After singing and
dancing in local talent shows, Beyonce went on to front
best-selling girl band Destiny's Child, before setting out on a
solo career that has inspired and empowered millions of people
around the world. Singer, songwriter, record producer, activist and
icon - discover the extraordinary story of Beyonce's rise to fame!
TRAILBLAZERS biographies are packed with little-known trivia,
fascinating facts and lively illustrations.
Join rescue dog Halo as she learns how to search through disaster
zones and find people trapped beneath rubble in this nonfiction
chapter book based on the upcoming IMAX film, SuperPower Dogs!
Dutch Shepherd puppy Halo has spent her whole life training for one
thing, and one thing only: finding and rescuing people who are
trapped in disaster zones. Her bond with her human trainer, Cat, is
unshakeable, and together, they can overcome any obstacle. But
training to be an urban search and rescue dog is anything but easy,
and it's going to take all of Halo's courage and skill if she's
going to succeed. With bold, full color photographs and informative
interstitials throughout, this true story about an urban search and
rescue puppy is sure to both thrill and educate young readers.
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