Product Description: Vinnie Ream was a small girl with a giant gift for sculpture. This story chronicles Vinnie's life from her arrival in Washington D.C. at the start of the Civil War through her apprenticeship with a famous sculptor and friendship with Abraham Lincoln...read more

Product Description: If the levy doesn't pass, there will be no buses for away-games, no uniforms, no teams. Tess plans to follow her own rules for soccer chicks. Soccer Chick Rule Number 3--Always support your teammates! But when real life doesn't offer a slam-dunk ending, Tess realizes there may be something to learn from Soccer Chick Rule Number 7--Never, ever give up! Action-packed sports scenes and off-the-field drama guarantee success with girls and sports fans...read more

Product Description: "I'd rather kiss Derek's padded butt than leave the ice right now with everyone thinking that it's too rough out here for a girl."Seventh grader Joanna Giordano wants to play ice hockey, but the only game in town is the boys' middle school team...read more

Product Description: -- Critically acclaimed biographies of history's most notable African-Americans-- Straightforward and objective writing-- Lavishly illustrated with photographs and memorabilia-- Essential for multicultural studies

Describes how Julia Butterfly Hill lived for two years in a California redwood tree in an attempt to save the forest from loggers.

Profiles the successful singing group that came together at an audition for pop artists in Houston in 1991 and went on to become the chart-topping R&B group, Destiny's Child. (view table of contents)

Presents a biography of the son of celebrity parents who grew up to write comedy and star in such movies as 'There's Something about Mary,' 'Keeping the Faith,' and 'Meet the Parents.' (view table of contents)