In the wilderness, Cole found peace. But this isn't the great outdoors. it's high school.At fifteen, Cole Matthews faced a prison sentence for slamming another student's head against a sidewalk. To avoid prison, he volunteered for Native American Circle Justice and agreed to a year in exile on a rem[...]

After his village is burned by guerrillas, twelve-year-old Santiago takes his younger sister and sets sail on the rough seas where he will battle the fierce waters for many days in an attempt to reach safety in the United States. Reprint.[...]

In 1922, at the age of two, Petey's distraught parents commit him to the state's insane asylum, unaware that their son is actually suffering from severe cerebral palsy. Bound by his wheelchair and struggling to communicate with the people around him, Petey finds a way to remain kind and generous des[...]