History - United States - 21st Century
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Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation
$18.99 Add to cartBased on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis
In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that ha- Author: Cooper, Candy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 1547602325
- Language: English
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A Penguin Named Patience: A Hurricane Katrina Rescue Story
$18.62 Read morePatience is a South African penguin. She is small at roughly 6 pounds and approximately 20 inches tall; but at 24 years old, she is the “penguin in charge” of the penguin exhibit at New Orleans’s Audu… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: February 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1585368407
- Language: English
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What Was Hurricane Katrina?
$6.99 Add to cartOn August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which… [more below]
- Series: What Was?
- Author: Koontz, Robin Michal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 11 2015
- ISBN10: 0448486628
- Language: English
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We’ll Always Remember the 11th of September
$14.99 Add to cartOn September 11, 2001, the world as we know it was forever changed by the horrific acts of terrorists. This unthinkable event destroyed thousands of lives and caused devastating losses for our entire
- Author: Rowe, Jamie Franklin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1946446890
- Language: English
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Whose Right Is It? the Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns
$14.99 Add to cartDiscover the truth about the Second Amendment, the NRA, and the United States’ centuries-long fight over guns in this first-of-its-kind book for middle grade readers.
“A compelling, clear analysis of o- Series: Whose Right Is It?
- Author: Bajramovic, Hana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1250894077
- Language: English
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Hurricane Katrina (a True Book: Disasters)
$6.95 Read moreExplore the events of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it caused in New Orleans, the global efforts to help the victims, and the rebuilding efforts.
A True Book: Natural Disasters series investiga
- Series: A True Book: Disasters
- Author: Benoit, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 0531266265
- Language: English
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This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth
$19.99 Add to cartA deeply moving story about community and resilience, from the point-of-view of the Callery pear tree that survived the attacks on September 11, from Eisner Award-nominated author-illustrator Sean Rub
- Author: Rubin, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1250788501
- Language: English
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What Were the Twin Towers?
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover the true story of the Twin Towers–how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed.
When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architec- Series: What Was?
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0448487853
- Language: English
