Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

At the Olympics, the best athletes in the world compete for the gold medal.

Technology is constantly changing the world we live in.

Sports are all about great strategy and overcoming obstacles, right?

Science is all about the pursuit of knowledge.

Explore some of history's biggest failures in medicine-from bloodletting to early remedies-and how some of those failures eventually led to success.

Without inventors, we wouldn't have cars, airplanes, or light bulbs.

Ships, bridges, and tall buildings are marvels of engineering.

Ninja of the past learned to climb, dodge, and sneak.

Most people imagine ninja as figures clothed in black, scaling a castle wall for a covert mission.

Did ninja really use shuriken, or throwing stars?

At ninja competitions, athletes jump, climb, and flip their way through a twisted obstacle course.

A founder of the United States turned cultural phenomenon thanks to the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton helped create American democracy.

Throughout human history, people have banded together to pass on traditions, climb the social ladder, and often just have a good time.

March of the Suffragettes tells the forgotten, real-life story of "e;General"e; Rosalie Gardiner Jones, who in the waning days of 1912 mustered and marched an all-women army nearly 200 miles to help win support for votes for women.

Alice + Freda Forever is a gut-wrenching story of love, death, and the dangers of intolerance.

The twentieth century ushered in a new world filled with a dazzling array of consumer goods.

A profoundly moving nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing from award-winning author Chris Barton.

Do you know: Which team won the first NBA championship?

Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew hoped to be first to cross Antarctica from sea to sea, until their ship became trapped in the ice and began to sink.

During World War II, Louis Zamperini survived a plane crash, 46 days stranded on a life raft at sea, and two years in a prisoner-of-war camp.

The Apollo 13 mission began smoothly.

In 1912, more than 2,200 people sailed aboard the maiden voyage of the Titanic.

Surfer Bethany Hamilton paddled out into the ocean for a early morning session with friends.

Aron Ralston went for a normal hike on a normal day.

Martin Luther King Jr.

While her family hid during the Holocaust, Anne Frank recorded her personal reflections as well as the harrowing circumstances she faced in her diary.

An inspiring true story of the Holocaust Francesco Tirelli loved to eat gelato from his uncle's cart.

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The World Cup is international soccer's championship tournament, and it rules the global sports stage.

Did you know that the longest-ruling monarch's reign lasted for more than 82 years?

In July of 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg raged for three days.

On a rainy spring night in 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington and her horse raced through the woods.

In August 1914, Austro-Hungarian troops attacked eight-year-old Momcilo Gavric's village in Serbia.

Bullets whizzed overhead, narrowly missing twelve-year-old Johnny Clem.

Gunfire rang out across the countryside as fifteen-year-old John Cook watched his unit struggle during the Battle of Antietam.

In November 1942, twelve-year-old Calvin Graham found himself in the midst of an intense battle on a ship in the Pacific Ocean.

In the South Pacific in 1944 and 1945, military battles raged between the United States and Japan.

Follow four centuries of discovery and change, from the moment people set out to explore the world to turbulent times when it turned upside down-even for the people who stayed home!

Take an enthralling journey from the Stone Age onward, and see how our ancestors became great builders and rulers.

Step back into the recent past and discover the moments that defined the modern world.

Jump back in time to discover what was happening during the mysterious Middle Ages.

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A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Brendan Kiely starts a conversation with white kids about race in this ';well-executed and long overdue' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) introduction to white privilege and why allyship is so vital.

Even the most well-known people have struggled to succeed!

Jeter Publishing presents a series that celebrates men and women who altered the course of history but may not be as well-known as their counterparts.

A Parents' Choice Recommended Award Winner A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection From New York Times bestselling authors Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski comes the young readers edition of an unbelievable memoir about an unlikely friendship that forever changed the lives of a busy sales executive and a hungry eleven-year-old boy.

March through history and discover twenty-five groundbreaking protest movements that have shaped the way we fight for equality and justice today in this stunningly illustrated and sweeping book!

Jeter Publishing presents the second nonfiction biography in a brand-new series that celebrates men and women who altered the course of history often without recognition.

In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P.

';A brilliant work of US history.