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A Sydney Taylor Award Notable Young Adult Book In this “luminous” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) young adult edition of the bestselling, award-winning memoir The Choice, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist Dr. Edith Eva Eger shares her harrowing experiences and gives readers the...

This public domain book about the Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth II's mother, was originally published in 1925. This new version includes an engaging forward filled with helpful guided reading for middle and upper school students meant to bring this lovely biography of the then Duchess, soon to be Queen to life.

Inspired is an autobiography by a 19-year-old British Zambian student. It delivers a series of profound and reflective life experiences. Neo manages to turn them into teachable lessons, that a wide range of young people and adults will relate with. In-particular, Inspired also offers insights for young athletes about the obstacles they may face during their individual journeys as sports people and how to overcome them.

Growing Up on Fox Street is full of warm and uplifting stories from an era gone by. Informative, nostalgic, and engaging at its core, it is written from the viewpoint of a little girl enjoying carefree youthful days with her brothers, cousins, and friends in a small American town during the 1960s.

Enaldinho encarou o desafio de escrever um livro e agora está na hora de você encarar o mundo louco dele e rir de suas várias histórias, que são tão malucas e engraçadas quanto as trollagens lá do canal! Neste audiolivro, ele abre o coração e mostra que sempre foi um garoto muito determinado, e apesar do trabalhão que dava na escola, Enaldinho sempre conseguiu conquistar seus objetivos. Ao lado de uma família–e de uma namorada–incrível, o que não faltam são histórias para contar ao lado de seus amigos!

A poignant young adult graphic memoir that follows one teen's year abroad in Japan, as she seeks to reconcile both sides of her biracial identity. Christine has always felt she is just half: Half American, half Japanese. As a biracial Japanese American who was born in Tokyo but raised in the US...

“Johnson’s lively delivery keeps listeners interested…Each chapter is delightfully introduced with music from the period that highlights the timeframe…Both teens and adults will enjoy listening to Johnson's masterful performance in this vivid production.” — AudioFile This program is...

Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives listeners tools to understand how racism impacts their lives. From dismantling internalized racism, decolonizing schools, joining social justice movements and more, Dill lays out paths to personal liberation and social transformation.

Three college, star football players and friends. One dream. Upon graduating from the University of Alabama, they vow that whoever gets the first head coach job will bring the other two along with them. Thus began their quest to be the winningest partnership of coaches the sport had ever seen. Only one lived to see their dream realized. Their story remained untold. Until now.

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships.

Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey—living in grandparents’ homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, needed support to raise her and her brothers. Together the family found a way to keep going even in the darkest of times. How Do I Draw These Memories? is a memoir about nostalgia, faith, the preciousness of life, and unconditional love.

Sixteen-year-old Jeremiah Thomas, all-star football player and MVP, had helped lead the Parkview Pacers to their first state title in twenty-one years. Now a new season of football is about to start, and his training has made him the strongest guy at Parkview. Jeremiah's life revolves around faith, family, and football. He's handsome, strong, witty, a captain of the football team, and owner of a state championship ring.

This program is read by the author and includes music written by Ernesto Villalobos, Alberto Villalobos, Luis Villalobos and Humberto Flores, and performed by the Villalobos Brothers. Educated meets Athlete A in this YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American...

Ona Judge wanted more than the best job an enslaved person could have, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman challenged why some people are masters and others enslaved, Ida B. Wells exposed post-slavery brutality, Martin Luther King Jr. was the key voice to overturn Jim Crow, and Barack Obama changed modern-day racial attitudes. For author Ray Anthony Shepard A Long Time Coming is highly personal, a chronicle of the times of his grandparents, parents, and himself.

An unmissable graphic memoir perfect for fans of the global hit Heartstopper and Juno Dawson's What's the T? Hello! I’m Theo. I like cats, Dungeons & Dragons . . . and I’m trans and non-binary. Ever since I was young, I’ve been on a journey to explore who I am. To discover the things that...

What does it mean to be a FAN? If you're a Swiftie, you know that it takes commitment and dedication to be in a fandom. And there's nothing more rewarding than sourcing news and updates, anticipating new music and meeting fellow fans. But fan culture today is more intense than ever, from...

The Big Ranch in The Ozarks: A Journey of the Greatest Generation will take you on a journey with the Erwin family through the Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, World War II, leading to the 1960s era when the family fulfilled their dream to own a cattle ranch in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. If that wasn’t enough, the book also chronicles Robin’s father’s death-defying yearlong adventure as an aerial agricultural pilot ferrying a Grumman G164 Ag Cat biplane on the North Atlantic air ferry route flying from New York City to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Eden Pruitt didn’t find the enemy. She stumbled upon the Resistance and unwittingly led the military to their doorstep. Because of her, they have been all but demolished. Most are dead. Several more have been imprisoned, along with Cassian Gray, the dangerous, tantalizing boy Eden loves. As Cassian’s execution draws near, Eden must convince the Resistance to let her join them. They have the same mission, after all. Stop the Monarch before he carries out his evil plans. Step one of that mission—rescue the prisoners. Step two—destroy the Monarch’s army of super-human soldiers.

In The Things He Could Have Been, W. Nikola-Lisa pulls back the curtain on Babe Ruth’s off-the-field shenanigans, offering the listener a humorous, yet highly informative, portrayal of the Yankee slugger. Ruth was multi-talented and, it's not really hard to imagine, could have been many things - a professional golfer, a heavyweight boxer, a movie star, a football player, just to name a few of his interests.

As a black child growing up in 1920s Colorado, Frank Macon was often told that he would never amount to anything. His severe dyslexia didn’t help, nor did his tendency for mischief. But in spite of all that, Frank rose to heights beyond anyone’s imagining. Ever since childhood—when he jumped off a roof wearing homemade wings—he wanted to be a pilot. In this inspiring memoir, Frank tells his story of achieving that dream.