Henry Winterfeld In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of...

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Jane Bingham Retells three stories of King Arthur's knights, two highlighting Sir Gawain and his personality, and one telling of how Gawain's brother, Sir Gareth, was knighted. Read by Jonathan...

Theresa Breslin The minute that Marubetta meets Lucius, she hates him - pompous, stuck-up nephew of a Roman official! He thinks that, as a Briton, she is terribly provincial and...

Gloria Repp Kuri's father plants their yams in the usual way, except for one thing. He does not pray to the spirits. He says, "Behold, God is mighty," and he...

Chris Bradford  Young Samurai: The Ring of Water is the fifth book in this blockbuster series by Chris Bradford. Jack Fletcher has been left for dead. Bruised and battered, Jack wakes up...

Lauren Yep Can Ursula ever show her face again? Ursula always wanted to see the circus. That is, until she caught smallpox. Now all she wants is to hide her...

Howard Pyle Introducing young readers to literary classics will be easy with each of the twelve titles in the Treasury of Illustrated Classics series. Each title contains short, concise chapters...

Lauren Tarshis The terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page!Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to...

Richard Peck Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything...

Henry Gilbert In this edition, Henry Gilbert tells of the adventures of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest - Robin himself, Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Alan-a-Dale, as...

Esther Forbes A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent, passionate times in Boston just before the Revolutionary War. Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is...