Henry Carter Hull

The winds of change are about to fill the sails of Jack Drayton… A penniless young man living on a barge on the Thames in 1903 London, Jack Drayton is unsure of where his life is heading. He’s trying to decide what to do with himself next when he meets a peculiar stranger. Needing a ride to shore one evening, Jack hitches a ride from this stranger, who speaks, dresses, and behaves as though he’s stepped out of another era. After Jack helps...

Blunder is convinced that he and Thud have to save a princess if they want to become True Heroes. Unfortunately, princesses in distress are in short supply in Village Town, so the two nine-year-old knights journey to Castle Kidnapt to hire one. Upon arrival, they find out that the only princess available for saving is a five-year-old girl with a thirst for adventure. Can Thud and Blunder keep up with Princess Punch, or will they end up being the ones...

After a 10-year-old boy is stricken with polio, he must wear braces on his legs and walks with a limp. He becomes sad and depressed because he can no longer participate in the activities that used to bring him joy. On top of that, bullies pick on him and make fun of him because of his disability. But when the boy learns that Franklin Delano Roosevelt also has polio and yet he is running for president, the boy is inspired to stand up to the bullies...

Private Matty Giaconne loves making lists. They sharpen his mind so he can focus on disarming IEDs (improvised explosive devices). They distract him from how much he misses his family back home. But when a routine IED search nearly ends in disaster, Matty considers reordering his most important list. But choices aren’t easy when all the options involve leaving loved ones behind.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist Dan West has nerves of steel. He regularly risks his life to disarm IEDs. He puts up with his squad mates’ mean-spirited pranks without complaint. And when West finds an Afghan boy standing on a bomb’s pressure plate, he still manages to keep calm; because if he doesn’t, West will be forced to face the only thing he truly fears—the pink mist. The bloody result of a bomb taking someone’s life.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist Dan West has nerves of steel. He regularly risks his life to disarm IEDs. He puts up with his squad mates’ mean-spirited pranks without complaint. And when West finds an Afghan boy standing on a bomb’s pressure plate, he still manages to keep calm; because if he doesn’t, West will be forced to face the only thing he truly fears—the pink mist. The bloody result of a bomb taking someone’s life.

Blunder is convinced that he and Thud have to save a princess if they want to become True Heroes. Unfortunately, princesses in distress are in short supply in Village Town, so the two nine-year-old knights journey to Castle Kidnapt to hire one. Upon arrival, they find out that the only princess available for saving is a five-year-old girl with a thirst for adventure. Can Thud and Blunder keep up with Princess Punch, or will they end up being the ones...

Finalist for the 2020 AAAS / Subaru SB&F Excellence in Science Book exemplify outstanding and engaging science writing and illustration for young readers Nikola Tesla was a physicist, electrical engineer, and world-renowned inventor whose accomplishments faded into oblivion after his death in 1943. Some considered this eccentric visionary to be a "mad" scientist, but many of his ideas and inventions that were deemed impossible during his lifetime...

Sarah Winnemucca worked tirelessly for American Indians. The remarkable woman led an adventure-packed life that ranged from working as a wartime scout in Nevada to meeting with the president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The noted author and speaker was a strong advocate for her people, the Northern Paiute.

In the years leading up to the bloody Civil War, the issue of slavery divided the United States. Harriet Beecher Stowe hated slavery and used her gift of writing to fight its injustice. Her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country.