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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea comes a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal), “eye-opening” (Los Angeles Times) novel of survival and hope in the darkest of places—the inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow "Few books are...

In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new...

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, thanks largely to the efforts of the Hitler Youth, whose organized propaganda marches throughout Germany helped the Nazi Party grow in strength. By 1939, it is estimated that more than seven million boys and girls belonged to...

Two-time Newbery Medal winner Gary Schmidt talks about the frequently comic mishaps and adventures of a 12-year-old Long Island boy in the Vietnam era. Actor Khris Lewin performs an excerpt from the book. Thalia Kids' Book Club events are lively talks between children's book authors and their fans (ages 9-12) plus one event for teens. Each event includes a creative writing project, a free-wheeling discussion with the audience, and a book signing. Sometimes an actor stops by to read from the book.

Here are the real events that inspired Gary Paulsen to write Brian Robeson’s story in Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, and Brian's Hunt: a stint as a volunteer emergency worker; the death that became the pilot’s death in Hatchet; plane crashes he’s seen; and his own near misses. He takes listeners on his first hunting trips, showing the wonder and solace of nature along with his hilarious mishaps and mistakes. He shares special memories, such as the night he attracted every mosquito in the county, and how he met the moose who made it personal.

Rose, Ella, Marta and Carla. In another life we might all have been friends together. But this was Birchwood. As 14-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings. She is a dressmaker, but this is no ordinary sewing workshop. Hers are no ordinary clients. Ella has joined the seamstresses of Birkenau-Auschwitz. Every dress she makes could mean the difference between life and death.

"[Narrator Ilyana Kadushin] presents a perfectly paced narration and crafts just the right tones for the emotions this serious and inspiring memoir requires." — Booklist A Junior Library Guild selection Claiming My Place is the true story of a young Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by...

Ten concentration camps. Ten different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis, who have taken over. Everything he has and everyone he loves have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner - his arm tattooed with the words Prisoner B-3087.

This audiobook presents an all-star collection of essays about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA author Maureen Johnson. Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they're bound to inherit. They're ready to stand up and be heard - but with much to...

Through the alternating voices of 12-year-old Morning Girl and her younger brother Star Boy, we step into the extraordinarily rich lives of an indigenous family on a Bahamian Island in 1492, just as their paradise is about to be discovered and a new world order begins to take shape.

In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college--one at Princeton, the other at Columbia--and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war...

Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Because Ji-li’s grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao....

A tale of borders and beliefs shaped by the games people play 1947 New Delhi. Cyril Radcliffe's hands are clammy, partly from the heat but mostly from the enormity of the task assigned. Mopping the sweat off his brow, he picks up his pen, draws a deep breath--and a dark line. Rawalpindi. A...

Under anden verdenskrig kommer der masser af tyske soldater til Danmark. Lise på 16 bliver forelsket i den tyske soldat Gerd, og det får store konsekvenser for hende. Under besættelsen ser folk skævt til hende, og da krigen er slut, bliver hun stemplet som tyskertøs. Pludselig kan hun ikke blive i sin hjemby længere. Jens Aage Poulsen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter og lærer. Han har skrevet en lang række børne- og ungdomsbøger, hvoraf nogle foregår i nutiden, og andre fortæller om unges liv i 1800-tallet og under anden verdenskrig.

"Alkymisternes gade" er fjerde bind i den spændende serie om besætningen om bord på handelskompagniet Funk og Sønners største skib, Prinsesse Anne. Året er 1755. Det vældige skib, Prinsesse Anne, sejler mod Rouen for at bringe en guldlast til det krigshærgede og fattige Frankrig. Men to embedsmænd ser deres snit til selv at tjene penge på lasten, og de går i gang med en hemmelig mission for at forfalske guldet. \"Prinsesse Anne\" er både titlen på Ole E. Christiansens spændende børnebogsserie og navnet på det skib, der er centrum for historierne.

"Piraternes ø" er femte og sidste bind i den spændende serie om besætningen om bord på handelskompagniet Funk og Sønners største skib, Prinsesse Anne. Styrmand Bjørn fra Prinsesse Anne er kommet ud, hvor han ikke kan bunde. Han er den eneste mand blandt Piratøens kvinder, og det vækker franskmændenes mistænksomhed. Bjørn må nu bluffe sig væk og ender under tilfældige omstændigheder hos en flok engelske spioner. "Prinsesse Anne" er både titlen på Ole E. Christiansens spændende børnebogsserie og navnet på det skib, der er centrum for historierne.

En Lugares asombrosos. Travesías insólitas y otras maneras extrañas de conocer el mundo podrás viajar -con Luisito como compañero y guía- a los lugares más recónditos de uno, dos y más continentes: a sitios abandonados que conservan la huella de un hecho inexplicable; espacios delineados por trazos y personajes místicos; habitáculos hechizados por almas que vagan entre dimensiones desconocidas; zonas marcadas por los errores de la historia y sus fantasmas, y pintorescas comisuras del orbe con el sello de una costumbre o un suceso perturbador.

Zum 100. Geburtstag von Sophie Scholl. Der Historiker und Radiojournalist Hermann Vinke zeichnet das zutiefst anrührende Bild einer jungen Frau, die lieber starb, als sich dem NS-Regime unterzuordnen. Sophie Scholl, geboren im Mai 1921, wurde am 22.02.1943 mit dem Fallbeil hingerichtet. Sie war Mitglied der Widerstandsgruppe "Die weiße Rose".

April, 1945. Alle spüren, dass der Krieg und die fürchterliche Ideologie der Nationalsozialisten kurz vor dem Ende stehen. Doch in der Nacht vom 28. auf den 29. April 1945, zwei Tage vor Hitlers Selbstmord, ereignet sich das dunkelste Kapitel der damals noch jungen Stadt Penzberg in Bayern. Denn während der einst von den Nazis abgesetzte Bürgermeister zurück ins Rathaus zieht, erlässt die Wehrmacht den Befehl, alle Widerständler sofort hinzurichten. Und zwischen allen Fronten stehen die Jugendlichen Marie, Schorsch und Gustl.

Groundbreaking narrative nonfiction for teens that tells the story of the AIDS crisis in America. Thirty-five years ago, it was a modern-day, mysterious plague. Its earliest victims were mostly gay men, some of the most marginalized people in the country; at its peak in America, it killed tens...