Title search results
Showing 1 - 20 of 46 items
The 57 bus: a true story of two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives
By Dashka Slater. 2017
One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If…
it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.Royal murder: the deadly intrigue of ten sovereigns
By Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Pulling, Heather Sangster. 2008
What would you do for absolute power? Step into the world of palatial intrigue, where holding the throne means evading…
death... or causing it. While Cleopatra of Egypt once rolled herself into a rug and was carried out past her enemies' noses, other royals were brutal when dealing with foes. Read the stories of ten sovereigns, including Vlad the Impaler, "Bloody Mary", and The Romanovs of Russia. Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2009 Red Maple Non-fiction Award. 2008.Real justice: sentenced to life at seventeen : the story of David Milgaard (Real justice)
By Cynthia J Faryon. 2009
David Milgaard was a kid who got into lots of trouble. Unfortunately, that made it easy for the Saskatoon police…
to brand him as a murderer. At seventeen, David was arrested, jailed, and convicted for the rape and murder of a young nursing assistant, Gail Miller. Throughout his twenty-three years in prison, David maintained that he was innocent and refused to admit to the crime, even though it meant he was never granted parole. Finally, through the incredible determination of his mother and new lawyers who believed in him, David was released and proven not guilty. This is the true story of how bad decisions, tunnel vision, poor representation, and outright lying and coercion by those within the justice system caused a tragic miscarriage of justice. For junior high and older readers. 2009.L'avenir est à la tendresse
By Stan Rougier. 2005
Les jeunes interpellent le monde. Comment pourrions-nous hausser les épaules en disant : La vie se chargera bien de leur…
faire perdre leurs illusions ? Les jeunes ont mal de la poussée de leur âme. Ils redoutent de vivre dans la médiocrité qu'ils croient voir dans trop de vies d'adultes. Lorsqu'ils entendent de grandes voix qui s'adressent à leur part divine et qui savent les entraîner vers de grandes causes, alors on assiste à la plus superbe des métamorphoses. 2005.Duped!: true stories of the world's best swindlers (It actually happened series ; #1)
By Andreas Schroeder. 2011
Schroeder uncovers the facts behind eight of the most outrageous scams of all time. Read about a Stone Age tribe…
discovered in the jungles of the Philippines, lost documents written by Shakespeare, and a 1938 radio broadcast that reported that something strange has crashed into a field in New Jersey – and that hostile Martians then started attacking! Grades 4-7. c2011. (It actually happened series ; 1)Being a girl who leads: becoming a leader by following Christ (Being a girl. #3.)
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio. 2006
To be a leader you have to be different. Your peers will observe you and the choices you make, and…
if you go against the social order and stand up for what you believe in, others will notice. Junior High. 2006.Being a girl who loves: learning to love like Jesus (Being a girl. #2.)
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio. 2005
A thousand years of pirates
By William Gilkerson. 2009
Introduces the major characters and incidents that connect the scattered history of seagoing bandits, including England's "Sea Dog" Francis Drake,…
the "pirate queen of Ireland" Granuaile, and Scotland's Captain Kidd. Describes their high-seas adventure and skullduggery, sea chases and bloody battles, dangerous coastal lairs and buried treasure. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.In every tiny grain of sand: a child's book of prayers and praise
By Reeve Lindbergh. 2000
A collection of seventy-seven poems, prayers and other writings gathered from many different cultures and faiths. It is arranged in…
four sections: For the Day, For the Home, For the Earth, and For the Night. Grades 3-6. 2000.Ten well-planned major robberies reveal the ingenuity of the criminal mind, from Dan Cooper, who parachuted from a Boeing 727…
with $200,000, to the small band of Italians who stole the world-famous Mona Lisa. There are seven extra stories in the opening chapter, including that of the Parisian actor and civil servant who destroyed the files against his friends during the French Revolution - by eating them! Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2007 Red Maple Award. 2005.Ten true tales of outrageous trickery. Includes how a group of Germans perpetrated one of the biggest, most sophisticated banknote…
counterfeiting schemes ever seen; how the world was fooled for nearly a decade when a "lost tribe" was discovered in the Philippines; and how Donald Crowhurst almost won the first round-the-world yacht race without ever leaving the Atlantic Ocean. For junior and senior high school readers. Winner of the 2005 Red Maple Award. 2004.The Sacco-Vanzetti trial (Be the judge/be the jury.)
By Doreen Rappaport. 1992
On April 15, 1920, two men shoot and kill a factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Two…
Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, are arrested and charged with murder. Using edited transcripts of the testimony given in the case, the author recreates the trial and invites the reader to serve as judge and jury. Grades 5-8 and older. 1992.Ten true tales of outrageous trickery. Includes how a group of Germans perpetrated one of the biggest, most sophisticated banknote…
counterfeiting schemes ever seen; how the world was fooled for nearly a decade when a "lost tribe" was discovered in the Philippines; and how Donald Crowhurst almost won the first round-the-world yacht race without ever leaving the Atlantic Ocean. Some descriptions of violence. For junior and senior high school readers. Winner of the 2005 Red Maple Award. 2004.Say a little prayer
By Tonya Bolden, Dionne Warwick, David Freeman Wooley, Soud. 2008
American icon and international superstar Dionne Warwick presents an inspiring and entertaining children's picture book that encourages kids to find…
their best talent in life and embrace it. "Little D" is ambling through childhood like any other little kid - enjoying her family and neighbours, her pet dog, her hobbies, and school - when one day she discovers that she has a special talent. In her first-ever singing performance in front of an audience, Little D brings the house down! And she discovers, with her grandfather's encouragement, that everyone has a special talent and it's up to each person to find it, embrace it, perfect it, and enjoy it! Grades K-3. 2008.Hate crimes
By Hal Marcovitz. 2018
Details crimes committed against people because of their race, ethnicity, disability, religion, gender, or gender identity--crimes that have become common…
in the US and other countries. Highlights the impact hate crimes have on the community and the challenges of bringing perpetrators to justice. For senior high and older readers. 2018The Borden murders: Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century
By Sarah Elizabeth Miller. 2016
Recounts the events and the trial of Lizzie Borden (1860-1927), after she was accused of brutally murdering her father and…
stepmother with an axe in Massachusetts in 1892. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2016Racial profiling and discrimination: your legal rights (Know Your Rights)
By Corinne Grinapol. 2016
Guide to how to protect and fight for your human rights in a broken criminal-justice system. Provides examples and statistics…
on students who have been unjustly stopped by police and expelled from schools because of racial profiling and discrimination. For junior and senior high readers. 2015That is my dream!: a picture book of Langston Hughes's "Dream variation"
By Langston Hughes, Daniel Miyares. 2017
"Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial…
prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares. An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun. For grades K-3Ballet for Martha: making Appalachian Spring
By Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, Brian Floca. 2010
Stay: the true story of ten dogs
By Michaela Muntean, K. C. Bailey, Stephen Kazmierski. 2012
When Luciano Anastasini's acrobatic career with the circus ended, he decided to create a circus act with rescue dogs. This…
is a heartwarming story of second chances and an irresistible family of dogs and the man who believed in them. Accompanied by color photographs in the print edition. Award winner. For preschool-grade 2