The Winter People

Author	Bette Bao Lord
ISBN	0064401758

Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn...

Author	Ellen Emerson White
ISBN	0439129095

In their hope to restore Hawaii¹s toppled monarchy and the Hawaiian way of life the people of Hawaii turn to Princess Kaiulani, who is only a young girl. Acclaimed author Ellen Emerson White makes her debut on the Royal Diaries list with this compelling narrative of the tumultuous years following Hawaii¹s...

Author	Sarah Masters Buckey
ISBN	1584853069

4.5 stars. I loved this book. The only thing that would’ve made it better was it being written for an older audience and even more facts to learn about the setting and the historical significance of the time and place.

The Percy family lives on a farm outside Fort Number 4 on the NH frontier. It’s...

Author	Jean Fritz
ISBN	0698116216

In the days before microphones and TV interviews, getting people to listen to you was not an easy task. But James Madison used his quiet eloquence, intelligence and passion for unified colonies to help shape the Constitution, steer America through the turmoil of two wars, and ensure that our government,...

Author	Joy Hakim
ISBN	0195153235

How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called "Americans" for the...

Author

Madhuri Shekar

Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in Delhi - and obsessed with finding her daughter a husband.

In Madhuri Shekar’s ingenious Evil Eye, hilarious back-and-forth via phone and social media takes a shocking, supernatural twist...