Severn and the Day She Silenced the World

Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world. She and her friends raised money to travel to Rio, never imagining the effect they would have there. Severn's story is about the power of children, and how their voices can stand out above the politics and cynicism of adults.

Le voleur de sandwichs

Marin se fait voler son sandwich préféré et décide de piéger le coupable. Une enquête drôle et savoureuse dans le quotidien d’une classe pas comme les autres.

Danny Blackgoat, Rugged Road to Freedom

This second installment in the dramatic adventures of Danny Blackgoat, a Navajo teenager taken prisoner by the army in 1864, follows Danny's escape from prison and his harrowing journey toward home.

W Hour

"Two close calls in one day were enough for me. I realized that the uprising was not like the games I played with Jóózek before the war. This was a very real battle, in which people were being killed and wounded."

Suddenly the Shadow Fell

When 17-year-old Leslie Meisels insisted that his mother and two brothers join a transport going who knows where, all he knew was that they had to get out of the terrible holding facility in Debrecen, Hungary.

Camp Outlook

When her baby brother is born with Down syndrome, Shannon's beliefs are shaken and she is sent to Camp Outlook, where she is confronted by the difference of several campers and comes to appreciate the specialness of her new brother.

Anna Carries Water

Anna fetches water from the spring every day, but she can’t carry it on her head like her older brothers and sisters.

Victoria

A young girl runs away from home and learns to live on the dangerous streets of a provincial city in Argentina.

Tilly

Tilly's message is powerful and universal: when we know and honor ourselves, we are capable of deep healing and of achieving what our hearts most desire.

Ink-blot

Ink-blot’s self-acceptance encourages all girls to love and embrace themselves — just the way they are.

Love and Forgetting

Lewy Body Disease – a form of dementia second only to Alzheimer’s in numbers, yet few of us have ever heard its name. This is the story of Julie and Ken Sobol, a husband and wife who were life partners as well as writing partners, as they cope after Ken's diagnosis with a frightening form of dementia.

Rachel's Promise

The story that began in Rachel's Secret continues, as Rachel struggles as a Jewish refugee after leaving Russia for Shanghai and Sergei tries to survive amongst the revolutionary turmoil of St. Petersburg Russia.