The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pulled into the action of the 1963 civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
Rufus Jackson Jones is from Birmingham, the place Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the most segregated place in the country. A place that in 1963 is full of civil rights activists including Dr. King. The adults are trying to get more attention to their cause--to show that separate is not equal. Rufus's dad works at the local steel factory, and his mom is a cook at the mill. If they participate in marches, their bosses will fire them. So that's where the kids decide they will come in. Nobody can fire them. So on a bright May morning in 1963, Rufus and his buddies join thousands of other students to peacefully protest in a local park. There they are met with policemen and firemen who turn their powerful hoses on them, and that's where Rufus realizes that they are the fire. And they will not be put out. Shelia Moses gives readers a deeply personal account of one boy's heroism during what came to be known as the Children's Crusade in this important novel that highlights a key turning point in the civil rights movement.
A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning in this gripping story from the award-winning author of The Red Umbrella.
There are two versions of Héctor: the public and the private. It's the only way to survive in communist Cuba-especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Héctor must always be seen as a fierce supporter of the regime, even if that means loudly rejecting the father he still loves.
But in the summer of 1980, those two versions are hard to keep separate. No longer able to suppress a public uprising, the Cuban government says it will open the port of Mariel to all who wish to leave the country-if they can find a boat. But choosing to leave comes with a price. Those who want to flee are denounced as traitors by family and friends. There are violent acts of repudiation, and no one knows if they will truly be allowed to leave the country or not.
So when Héctor's mother announces that she wants the family to risk everything to go to the United States, he is torn. He misses his father, but Cuba is the only home he has ever known. All his dreams and plans require him to stay. Can he leave everything behind for an unknown future?
In a summer of heat and upheaval, danger and deadly consequences, Héctor's two worlds are on a collision course. Will the impact destroy him and everything he loves?
Christina Diaz Gonzalez's great-grandmother, great-uncle, and extended family came to the U.S. through the Mariel boatlift. She vividly remembers meeting them all for the first time in the summer of 1980 and is proud to share this part of her family's history.
How did Julia Child become one of America's most celebrated and beloved chefs? Her grandnephew reveals her story in this picture book that Jacques Pepin calls a 'vivid portrait . . . an enjoyable read.' Julia's kid-friendly recipe for Oeufs Brouillés (Scrambled Eggs) is included!
Julia Child was born hungry, but she was not born a chef. In fact, Julia didn’t discover her passion for cooking until she had a life-changing luncheon in France and became determined to share her newfound love of food with everyone.
In Paris, Julia devoured recipe books, shopped in outdoor markets, consumed all kinds of foods, and whipped through culinary school. And although she wasn't always successful in the kitchen, she was determined to 'master the art' of French cooking. Through perseverance and grit, Julia became a chef who shared her passion with the world, making cooking fun, and turning every meal into a special event.
Alex Prud'homme's firsthand knowledge paired with Sarah Green's vibrant and energetic illustrations showcases Julia's life and celebrates her enduring legacy.
Book six in the True Rescue series for young readers, this pulse-pounding account of disaster and survival at sea follows the HMS Bounty whose fateful course through Superstorm Sandy would lead to one of the most heroic Coast Guard rescue missions ever.
On October 23, 2012, with Superstorm Sandy fast approaching, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg, Florida, believing the wooden ship, a replica of the original, famous Bounty, would fare better at sea than at port. He told the crew that anyone who did not want to come on the voyage could leave the ship and there would be no hard feelings. No one took the captain up on his offer, and this decision would have fatal consequences.
Four days into the voyage, Superstorm Sandy made an almost direct hit on the Bounty―sending the crew tumbling into the ocean filled with crashing thirty-foot waves. Some were swept far from the ship, others found themselves tangled in the rigging, while others were trapped below the surface by the masts and spreaders. What ensued was one of the most complex, dangerous, and massive Coast Guard rescue missions in history.
Rescue of the Bounty is a gripping, inspiring, and unforgettable account―the perfect choice for young adventure-seekers.
Biplanes have been flying the mail in short hops all over the country—during daylight hours, when pilots can see where they’re going. But crashes are still too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the U.S. Air Mail Service.
Outraged officials and pilots concoct a daring plan to save the service—a nonstop, coast-to-coast race—to prove that keeping mail in the air is the fastest way to move it across America.
But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm threaten the race, Jack Knight steps up. All he has to do is fly all night long. Through a blizzard. Over land he’s never covered. With a nearly empty fuel tank.
What could go wrong?
For nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, the Sanitation Strike of 1968 hit close to home.
Lorraine marched with her daddy and other sanitation workers through the streets of Memphis fighting for equal rights and safer working conditions. With her mother, she boycotted stores. Lorraine’s life was forever changed when she heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preach his famous sermon
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” to the tired and frustrated strikers. Dr. King was tragically killed the next day, and hope seemed shattered. But Lorraine, her family, and the people of Memphis pushed through those difficult times, because dreamers never quit.
Author Alice Faye Duncan based the character of Lorraine Jackson on a teacher who participated in the Memphis Sanitation Strike as a child. Using a riveting combination of poetry and prose, Alice Faye reveals the inspiring story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final stand for justice.
On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than thirty stranded sailors. This is a fast-paced, uplifting story that puts young listeners in the middle of the action. It’s a gripping story of heroism and survival with the same intensity as The Perfect Storm.
La historia como jamás te la habían contado, de la mano de Yuval Noah Harari, el autor del bestseller Sapiens. Ahora para los más jóvenes.
¿Sabías que todos los humanos tenemos un superpoder?
Desde la sabana de África hasta los casquetes polares de Groenlandia, los humanos dominamos el planeta Tierra. Pero, ¿cómo lo hemos logrado? Los leones son más fuertes que nosotros, los delfines nadan mejor, ¡y no tenemos alas!
A través de este apasionante viaje de millones de años, descubrirás cuál es este superpoder que nos hace imparables. ¿Quién dijo que la historia de la humanidad era aburrida? Enanos, serpientes gigantes, el Espíritu del Gran León, el dedo de una niña que vivió hace 50.000 años... Descubre los misterios del origen de la humanidad y adéntrate en una aventura épica y real: la nuestra, la de todos los humanos.
La historia como jamás te la habían contado, de la mano de Yuval Noah Harari, el autor del bestseller Sapiens. Ahora para los más jóvenes.
¿Sabías que todos los humanos tenemos un superpoder?
Desde la sabana de África hasta los casquetes polares de Groenlandia, los humanos dominamos el planeta Tierra. Pero, ¿cómo lo hemos logrado? Los leones son más fuertes que nosotros, los delfines nadan mejor, ¡y no tenemos alas!
A través de este apasionante viaje de millones de años, descubrirás cuál es este superpoder que nos hace imparables. ¿Quién dijo que la historia de la humanidad era aburrida? Enanos, serpientes gigantes, el Espíritu del Gran León, el dedo de una niña que vivió hace 50.000 años... Descubre los misterios del origen de la humanidad y adéntrate en una aventura épica y real: la nuestra, la de todos los humanos.
Una novela de suspenso histórico para niños en la que conoceremos las aventuras de Leona Vicario, espía independentista.
Nueva España, 1810. Después de que una mujer desconocida le regalara una medalla de plata en el mercado, Leona Vicario comienza a recibir crípticos mensajes de un remitente desconocido, que la cita en el Templo de la Profesa. Pronto el misterio se hace todavía más grande: ¿quiénes son Los Guadalupes?, ¿qué quieren de ella?, ¿cómo saber quién apoya la independencia y quién es leal al virrey?
Abriendo la puerta a una aventura que la llevará por todos los rincones de la capital, Leona emprende una carrera contra el reloj para luchar por el sueño de ver a México como un país libre. Convertida en una espía contra el virreinato, ¿cuál será el precio que tendrá que pagar por su silencio?
Among the most interesting of the prehistoric eras is the Permian age, the most extreme period in the planet’s history. It spanned 47 million years, beginning with an ice age, warming, and ending with the most cataclysmic volcanic episode in the planet’s history. The great bulk of all life on the Earth was almost immediately snuffed out, barely crawling back over the following 10 to 30 million years, and it set the stage for the “Age of Dinosaurs.”
What is termed by some as the “Pennsylvanian” or “Carboniferous” period prepared the emergence of the Permian age. Named for the abundance of rocks from the period found in the state of Pennsylvania, many prefer the term “Silesian” or “Carboniferous” era. In the preceding “Mississippian era,” warm, shallow seas disappeared causing serious upheaval to marine life in a tendency toward glaciation.
“Significant glaciation” marks the beginning of the Carboniferous immediately preceding the Permian. Carboniferous glaciation began in the late Ordovician Period long before. The eventual Andean-Saharan glaciation, a minor ice age, occurred later in the Silurian Age. These were all remnants of the “Snowball Earth” period of the Cryogenian.
The resultant sea level drop as the Carboniferous ice age set in produced conditions much like that of today, with ice on both poles, wet tropics near the equator and temperate regions in between. Despite similar conditions, the Carboniferous lacked the output of greenhouse gases produced by humans.
Fragments of plates collided as continents were still fusing into the supercontinent Pangea. During glaciation, “latitudinal climactic belts were widespread.” Permian rocks have been found on all the continents and some have been displaced “considerable distances from their original latitudes” in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras that followed the Permian.
¿Te gustan las historias épicas llenas de misterio, aventuras e intriga? Si es así, te invito a que te adentres a esta impresionante novela histórica de hombres lobo, ambientada en 1700 en Inglaterra- París en el que Howard el protagonista de esta historia se verá envuelto en una serie de misterios e intrigas que tendrá que resolver. Una historia trepidante que te mantendrá al filo de tu imaginación hasta el sorprendente final.
Mi mente no entendía a pesar de que mi sentido común me decía: “no te pasará nada”, yo quería correr, - ¿Qué demonios querían enseñarme en lo profundo de aquel castillo? cuando digo profundo es profundo. Pasé bajando peldaño tras peldaño, quizás conté unos quinientos enormes escalones de roca hasta situarme en una cámara gigante que se encontraba iluminada por enormes candelabros a los costados. Cuando mi vista se posó más detenidamente; mi asombro fue minúsculo, había toda clase de cosas que yo no conocía en aquel entonces, como: tubos de ensayo y miles de objetos para la experimentación. Algo increíble para aquella época. Por un instante pensé que esa parte sería mi lugar de trabajo, pero no. Pasamos por esa especie de laboratorio medieval para de nuevos seguir bajando a una nueva recamara; ahí los pelos se me pusieron de punta. Unos gritos terroríficos se escuchaban más y más abajo, y provenían de una puerta al fondo. Brayton tomó un objeto que estaba suspendido en la pared y luego abrió aquella abertura que jamás hubiese querido que abriera. Cuando la abrió; una escena espantosa apareció ante mis ojos, era algo…
