The Mudshark Detective Agency is the go-to place for solving mysteries at school. Quick-thinking...

In this essay, Gary Paulsen shares his adventures as an Iditarod racer with his lead dog, Cookie. He...

Every fall, John Borne goes hunting for deer with his grandfather to shoot enough deer to feed the...

In this nonfiction account, Gary Paulsen recalls some of the adventures that have framed his stories...

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid...

A biography of the civil rights and women's rights activist, Sojourner Truth. It is a discussion of her life from her youth to her death, and features photographs, profiles of her contemporaries, and more. She was a preacher, abolitionist, and activist for the rights of African Americans and women. This book was a 1993 Coretta Scott King Honor Book.

A detailed account of the charting of the New World and the long-term effects of America's march...

In her own words, Carli Lloyd, the two-time recipient of the FIFA World Player of the Year award...

A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique...

Jackie Robinson was a great athlete, but his destiny went far beyond the baseball diamond. As the...

A riveting portrait of the world's greatest boxer chronicles his childhood, his rise as a champion...

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog...