Synopsis: Examines the life of the physicist Albert Einstein, whose work revolutionized scientific thinking, with an emphasis on his early years.

Synopsis: A sympathetic teacher and her writing assignment help fourth-grader Dexter deal with being the new kid in school after he punches a kid on the first day.

Synopsis: Last time we saw Benjamin Franklin Gates, the cunning, impassioned lead character of Walt Disney Pictures' National Treasure, he had succeeded in evading shady characters, fulfilling his family's destiny, and discovering an unimaginable trove of treasures beneath Manhattan's oldest church./DIV DIVNow, Ben is back. In National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, the hero finds an all-new set of dangers, conflicts, double-crossings, and of course...…

Synopsis: I was the 35th President of the United States. I am John F. Kennedy. When I was young, people called me courageous and competitive. I used those qualities to serve as a commander in the U.S. Navy. The leadership skills I learned in combat helped earn me a place first as a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives, and later as a U.S. senator-but that was just the beginning. I became another kind of commander, the commander in chief of…

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Gwen is preparing to audition for New York City’s top music schools when her grandfather mysteriously disappears, leaving Gwen only a phone message telling her not to worry. But there’s nothing more stressful than practicing for her auditions, not knowing where her grandfather is, and being forced to lie about his whereabouts when her insistent great-uncle demands an audience with him. Then Gwen meets Robert, also in town for…

Synopsis: Tells the life story of this great civil rights leader and describes many events in his struggle for equality for African Americans in the United States.

Synopsis: Even from an early age, Marie Curie had an interest in science. She became the first woman to ever win a Nobel Prize -- and she was the first person to ever win two of them!

Synopsis: Roberto Clemente was a great Pittsburgh Pirate baseball player, one of the greatest right fielders of all time. He was also a great humanitarian.

Synopsis: "Rosa Parks boarded the bus that fateful day knowing exactly what she was going to do. She was going to stand up for her rights..." back cover

Synopsis: The biography of a slave whose flight to freedom was the first step in her becoming a "conductor" on the underground railroad.

Synopsis: Deborah Sampson wanted to travel and have adventures, but since she had no money, the best way to do that was to join the army. This is the exciting true story of a woman who became a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, by dressing and acting like a man.

Synopsis: IN THEIR OWN WORDS: POCAHONTAS tells the exciting story of the life of this famous Native American woman, using the journals and writings of English colonists. Famous for saving the life of Capt. John Smith in 1608, Pocahontas grew up as the favorite daughter of the Native American chief of the Powhatans. Pocahontas's rescue of Smith made her famous not only in colonial America, but across the ocean in England as well. Pocahontas made enormous…

Synopsis: Winterhope.It didn't sound like much, but it was a big idea. A very big idea.It all started when Hart Evans zinged a rubber band that hit Mr. Meinert, the chorus director. Actually, it started before that, when Mr. Meinert learned he was out of a job because the town budget couldn't afford music and art teachers. Mr. Meinert got so mad at Hart that he told the sixth graders he'd had it -- they could produce the big holiday concert on their own.…

Synopsis: CIVIL WAR SPIES BEHIND ENEMY LINES - They never led armies into battle. They worked in the shadows. Now you can meet these and other real-life spies on both sides of the American Civil War: The private detective who foiled an assassination plot on Abraham Lincoln; The brave woman who operated a major Union spy ring - in the capital of the Confederacy; The young southern scout who made the ultimate sacrifice... You will never forget their…

Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.

Synopsis: Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, twelve-year-old Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist.