"Based on real history, The Call of the Wrens explores the bonds of sisterhood and love even when all hope seems lost"-- Provided by publisher.
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After helping prepare their London home for German bombing raids, young Hettie and her brothers are sent to safety in the countryside, where she strives to keep them connected to each other and their parents.
Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor ... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. Though she tries to avo...
"Unsinkable is a stand-alone historical novel about two women who survive against all odds and become legends. Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. Daphne has survived calamity of her own."-- Provided by publisher.
From a young age, Brigitte learns to support the Nazi party and attend her League of German Girls meetings but after reading a forbidden pamphlet from the White Rose, she begins to question everything she has been taught.
"It's 1940, and Jody is moving with her military family yet again -- this time to a small naval base in Pearl Harbor. She's always created a "top ten" list for each new home to help her adjust, and with Hawaii being so beautiful and her loyal dog Happy by her side, it's easy to f...
Home Alone meets A Night in the Museum in this clever middle-grade heist story by USA Today bestselling author Jenni L. Walsh. When a science-loving girl and her friends overhear a plot to rob her dad's insectarium, they embark on a mission to stop the burglary of the museum's ra...
Alice Marble strives to have it all. Alice tirelessly works her way up to be a #1 tennis champion, all while maintaining a growing career trajectory editing the Wonder Women comic. She enjoys her hard-earned success with her loving husband, her steadfast coach, and her dear frien...
Malala Yousafzai always knew she wanted to become a doctor someday. But a new extremist group in her home country of Pakistan wanted to stop girls from going to school. Malala knew what was important, and so she spoke out. Even after she was attacked on a bus for her views, she p...
The summer of 1927 might be the height of the Roaring Twenties, but Bonnelyn Parker is more likely to belt out a church hymn than sling drinks at an illicit juice joint. She's a sharp girl with plans to overcome her family's poverty, provide for herself, and maybe someday marry h...
Shares details on the life of the young woman who lost her arm in a shark attack, but continued to pursue her dream of surfing.
"Based on real history, The Call of the Wrens explores the bonds of sisterhood and love even when all hope seems lost"-- Provided by publisher.
"Unsinkable is a stand-alone historical novel about two women who survive against all odds and become legends. Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. Daphne has survived calamity of her own"-- Provided by publisher.
"Unsinkable is a stand-alone historical novel about two women who survive against all odds and become legends. Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. Daphne has survived calamity of her own"-- Provided by publisher.
"Based on real history, The Call of the Wrens explores the bonds of sisterhood and love even when all hope seems lost"-- Provided by publisher.
"Based on real history, The Call of the Wrens explores the bonds of sisterhood and love even when all hope seems lost"-- Provided by publisher.
London schoolgirl Hettie hears the whispers and sees the worry creeping across her parents' faces. She watches as the windows in her home are blacked out. She helps her dad build a bomb shelter. She learns how to wear a gas mask. War, led by Adolf Hitler, is stomping its feet at ...