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A thrilling WW2 hidden history masterfully told by award winner Daniel Nayeri 1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. Soldiers fill the teahouses of Isfahan. Nazi spies roam the alleyways...

This searing and inspiring prequel to ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY is the story of Cassie Logan's grandfather. Paul-Edward is the son of a white father and a half-black, half-Indian mother. His father raises him almost as if he were white, but when it counts, he's treated as a black man with...

Max Bretzfeld is back in Berlin—as a British spy. His most dangerous mission is about to begin in the much-anticipated sequel to Adam Gidwitz’s instant bestseller Max in the House of Spies. Max is on a mission. Well, two missions. One has been assigned by his British spymasters: Infiltrate...

Little Bird has landed in America, far from her home in Scotland, and far from the danger that stalked her family. But the new world holds new perils, and soon she’s on the run again. From the teeming streets of New York to the prairies of the west, Little Bird holds tight to secrets and dreams of freedom. Then, on her journey, she comes face to face with an unwelcome ghost from the past.

This engaging story about native lands invites kids to trace history and explore their communities. "An adorable primer on the history of land."--PEOPLE.com Before my family lived in this house, a different family did, and before them, another family, and another before them. And before that...

A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people’s way of life. Inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, this story tells how the Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after.

Als Fred Reinhart seinen Vater in den Sommerferien auf eine archäologische Grabung nach Sibirien begleitet, kann er nicht ahnen, dass es die aufregendste Reise seines Lebens wird. Obwohl so eine Grabung auch ganz schön langweilig sein kann, wenn erst mal nicht die erhofften Erfolge eintreffen und eintöniges Graben den Alltag bestimmt. Aber gerade als er zurück nach Berlin fliegen will, lernt er zwei neue Freunde kennen, Koláxais und Argímpasa. Sie sind Skythen. Und sie sind aus einer anderen Zeit.

Per Zeitmaschine zu den Rittern. Oma Olchi hat noch was bei einer alten Hexe gut zu machen, und so reisen sie und die OlchiKinder mit Brauseweins Zeitmaschine ins Mittelalter. Dort müffelt es ganz hervorragend, aber der üble Ritter Gregor hält die holde Gunhilde auf seiner Burg gefangen, damit sie seinen Sohn heiratet, und nicht den Schusterjungen, in den sie verliebt ist. Das macht die Olchis natürlich oberstinkig. Und so setzen sie alle grätigen Tricks ein, um die gute Gunhilde zu ihrem Schuster zu bringen.

Vergeblich hat Marco seine ausgewanderte Mutter in Buenos Aires gesucht. Sie ist mit der Familie, bei der sie im Dienst steht, nach Cordova verzogen. Ein Weg voller Abenteuer und Entbehrungen liegt vor Marco, denn auch in Cordova ist seine Mutter nicht mehr. Er muss sich nach Tucuman durchschlagen.

In a small Danish town over a century ago, a remarkable dream took root among the sheep and cattle—a dream that would change lives forever. It was the dream of a young farm boy named Moe, who wanted to grow more crops for his family and friends to enjoy. However, there was one problem: Moe was surrounded by ocean, with only a little piece of land to grow. What could he possibly do about that?