Youth Biography

Grade 9 Up Fredrick Douglass shares his encounters of life as a slave and his struggles he faced on the road to freedom. First published when he was 28 years of age after which he gained freedom. His life story portrays the unsympathetic, ruthless act...

Anyone who has read Patricia St. John’s books already knows how her stories come alive, and this account of her own life is no exception. Her powers of description make the story leap from the page and the reader is transported to far off places...

Young Readers' Edition of Let Me Die in Ireland Sixteen-year-old Patrick felt the cool tingle of the wet grass on his feet as he strolled through his father s farm on a late spring morning. As was typical for the west coast of Britain, dense fog...

The story of how the Gospel came to the Karen tribes in Southeast Asia. The people lived in the mountains and were persecuted by the Burmans. Their stories and songs spoke of the creation of the world by "Yuwah" and the first humans' disobedience and...

Robert E. Lee is one of the most iconic figures in American history. While many will disagree with his decision to serve in the Confederate army (and on occasion, military historians will argue over some of his decisions as a general), his personal...

George Washington Carver was born a slave. He grew up to become a world-famous scientist. He discovered how to make the soil better for cotton crops in the South, where he was born, by planting peanuts and sweet potatoes. Then he invented hundreds of new...

Bestselling, Timeless Book Now Abridged for Young Readers Corrie ten Boom was loved the world over for her heroism and remarkable faith. The first of her bestselling books, The Hiding Place, tells the riveting true story of how her gentle Dutch family...

Excellent literature focusing on the moral excellencies illustrated in the life of the Father of our country. This volume includes the "Anecdotes of Washington" first printed in 1833 and his "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior" in company and...

Catherine Booth (17 January 1829 - 4 October 1890) was co-founder of The Salvation Army, along with her husband William Booth. Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army she was known as the 'Mother of The Salvation Army'...

John Wesley was known for his love of children and young people, and they loved him in return. More than once, he was observed to enter a town surrounded by a crowd of children who had run out to meet him. Here is his story, the story of England's...

Product Description Miss Arabella Braithewaite of Switherby knows there is no future for the ten orphans--a remarkable mix of genteel and working class children--she has gathered together these years of England's grim factory growth in the early...