Chronological Period/21st Century
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The Fighting Ground
$9.99 Add to cartScott O’Dell Award for Best Historical Fiction * ALA Notable Book * ALA Best Books for YA
Newbery Medal-winning author Avi tells the “compelling story of a young boy’s first encounter with war and how
- Author: Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 27 2009
- ISBN10: 64401855
- Language: English
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The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden
$21.95 Read more★ “Smith spins a quietly moving narrative…Wada’s large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story’s restrained text…The graceful way in which this book handles
- Author: Smith, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1459821033
- Language: English
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Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
$18.99 Add to cartDiscover the incredible story of a young daughter of immigrants who would grow up to be the first woman, first Black person, and first South Asian American ever elected Vice President of the United St… [more below]
- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1534462678
- 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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Muhammad Ali
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Muhammad Ali, “the greatest” boxer of all… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #21
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284431
- Language: English
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I Escaped The California Camp Fire: California’s Deadliest Wildfire
$18.99 Add to cartThe I Escaped Series: The World’s Favorite New Escapes. Survival Stories For Today’s Generation
In this stellar, impactful book, a young teen navigates the devastating chaos of the 2018 Paradise Wildfi
- Series: I Escaped #2
- Author: Peters, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: June 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1951019016
- Language: English
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Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a mo- Author: Levy, Debbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1534424555
- Language: English
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The Oregon Trail: Hit the Trail! (Two Books in One): The Race to Chimney Rock and Danger at the Haunted Gate
$10.99 Add to cartGo west, young pioneer–your journey begins here! Inside you’ll find two books in one: The Race to Chimney Rock and Danger at the Haunted Gate. In these first two legs of your trek on the Oregon Trail… [more below]
- Series: Oregon Trail
- Author: Wiley, Jesse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0358117887
- Language: English
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Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
$19.99 Add to cart* “A hundred years from now, when people want to know what we told our children about 9/11, Kalman’s book should be among the first answers.”–Booklist, starred review
* “Intelligently conveys those- Author: Kalman, Maira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0399239537
- Language: English
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Who Is Bruce Springsteen?
$6.99 Add to cartNot only was Bruce Springsteen “Born in the USA,” he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon.
Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents st- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Sabol, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0448487039
- Language: English
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Hazard
$17.99 Read moreA kid filled with rage, suspended from the football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, and his father, newly home from the war in Afghanistan, reckon with the injuries they’ve caused to others and them… [more below]
- Author: Dowell, Frances O’Roark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1481424661
- Language: English
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The Deadliest Fires Then and Now (the Deadliest #3, Scholastic Focus)
$25.99 Read morePerfect for fans of I Survived and the Who Was series, and packed with graphics, photos, and facts for curious minds, this is a gripping look at the deadliest fires in American history.
As the sun sank
- Series: The Deadliest
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 133836023X
- Language: English
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: The Journey of Doaa Al Zamel: One Teen Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
$18.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary true story of one teen refugee’s quest to find a new life–now adapted for young readers
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life- Author: Fleming, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1250311438
- Language: English
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Little House by Boston Bay
$7.99 Add to cartIt’s 1814 and Charlotte lives just outside the city of Boston. She always has something to look forward to–tending Mama’s garden, visiting Papa’s blacksmith shop, and embarking on her very own Scotti
- Series: Little House Prequel
- Author: Wiley, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0061148288
- Language: English
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The Puzzle Palace: Inside America’s Most Secret Intelligence Organization
$24.00 Add to cartIn this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America’s largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has… [more below]
- Author: Bamford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 29 1983
- ISBN10: 0140067485
- Language: English
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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago
$18.99 Add to cartThe new definitive history of gangster-era Chicago-a landmark work that is as riveting as a thriller. Now featuring a new preface, plus 115 photographs and a map of gangland Chicago.
A Chicago Public L
- Author: Collins, Max Allan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0062441957
- Language: English
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Hippie Food
$19.99 Add to cartAn enlightening narrative history–an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan–that traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic g
- Author: Kauffman, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062437313
- Language: English
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The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France’s Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
$19.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance du
- Author: Kix, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0062322532
- Language: English
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American Sniper: Memorial Edition
$29.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.
From 199
- Author: Kyle, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0062297872
- Language: English
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The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Bible
$15.99 Add to cartIn 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world’s oldest Bible scroll in a desert cave east of the Dead Sea. With his phenomenal find, Shapira swiftl… [more below]
- Author: Tigay, Chanan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0062206427
- Language: English
