A young Huron boy, Tsiko and his friend Satouta meet Father Jean de Brebeuf and begin a journey that will change his life. As Tsiko grows into manhood, he accepts Christianity and witnesses the painful destruction of his people by the constant and vicious attacks by the neighboring Iroquois. Set in the mid 1600s, this story paints a vivid picture of the Canadian Jesuit missionaries and their patient work with the peaceful Huron people.

Follows the life of French missionary priest, Isaac Jogues, from his arrival in Quebec in 1636 through his work with the Hurons, Iroquois, and Mohawk Indians to his death as a martyr in 1646.

Invention and Technology's Great Lives includes a list of important dates in the history of invention and technology. Author Milton Lomask offers brief life stories of twenty-seven persons whose inventions or discoveries have altered the environment to a marked degree. It's all in his work, Invention and Technology's Great Lives.

To escape his villainous uncle who wants to steal his inheritance, Pedro takes a job as a cabin boy on Magellan's flagship. Pedro experiences all the drama and excitement of the first voyage to travel the globe, including the mutiny of the officers and the hostility of suspicious natives. Pedro survives the voyage and returns to Spain to claim his birthright.