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People and Places, Non-Fiction eBooks

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  • I Am Malala

    How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

    In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Malala Yousafzai—the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize—inspires young readers with her stunning story of resilience and power.I Am Malala. This is my story.Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!)

    The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls

    Series series Celebrate You
    A body-positive guide to help girls ages 8 to 12 navigate the changes of puberty and grow into womenPuberty can be a difficult time for a young girl—and it's natural not to know who (or what) to ask. Celebrate Your Body is a reassuring puberty book for girls that encourages them to face puberty and their body's changes with excitement and empowerment. From period care to mysterious hair in new ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

    A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning

    This crucial, empowering, #1 New York Times bestselling exploration of racism—and antiracism—in America makes critical ideas accessible for teen readers, adapted from Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning.This is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now.A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.A book about race.The... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • How They Croaked

    The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

    by Georgia Bragg ...
    Illustrated by Kevin O'Malley ...
    This award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths--and not for the faint of heart.Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess--especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. From King Tut's ancient autopsy to Albert Einstein's great brain escape, How They ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • What Is Juneteenth?

    Illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez ...
    Series series What Was?
    Discover more about Juneteenth, the important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States.On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union solder and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Thomas Wolfe: Complete Works

    Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River, The Web and the Rock, You Can’t Go Home Again... (Bauer Classics)

    Series Book 26 - All Time Best Writers
    Thomas Wolfe is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, written and published from the 1920s to the 1940s, vividly reflect on American culture and the mores of that period, filtered through Wolfe's sensitive, sophisticated, and hyper-analytical perspective.'Thomas Wolfe: Complete Works' contains:NOVELSLook Homeward, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People

    Illustrated by Falynn Koch ...
    Series Book 8 - History Smashers
    Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about Christopher Columbus, and learn all about the Taino people. Perfect for fans of the I Survived books and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales.In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? WRONG! Columbus never actually set foot in what is now the United States. His voyages took him to islands in the Caribbean and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • American Indians in Texas: Conflict and Survival

    by Sandy Phan ...
    Series series Primary Source Readers
    Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book explores the Texas history and the history of American Indians and how each group found different ways to live on the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Florence Nightingale

    The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse

    Most people know Florence Nightingale was a compassionate and legendary nurse, but they don’t know her full story. This riveting biography explores the exceptional life of a woman who defied the stifling conventions of Victorian society to pursue what was considered an undesirable vocation. She is best known for her work during the Crimean War, when she vastly improved gruesome and deadly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Bless the Blood

    A Cancer Memoir

    A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout.When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7)

    A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid

    by Nathan Hale ...
    Series Book 39 - Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales
    In author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s Raid of No Return, go behind the scenes of World War II’s top-secret Doolittle Raid with the New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tales graphic novel series!“These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” —New York TimesPresented in the author’s instantly recognizable artistic and storytelling ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Written in Bone

    Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

    Bright white teeth. Straight leg bones. Awkwardly contorted arm bones. On a hot summer day in 2005, Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution peered into an excavated grave, carefully examining the fragile skeleton that had been buried there for four hundred years. "He was about fifteen years old when he died. And he was European," Owsley concluded. But how did he know?Just as forensic ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    by David Grann ...
    A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes, the Reign of Terror against the Osage people.In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sing A Song Of Hawker Food: Humpty Dumpty & Friends Have A Singapore Hawker Feast

    The worlds of nursery rhymes and Singapore hawker food collide in this book. Dive into fractured nursery rhymes with a local twist, featuring Singapore hawker food.Imagine Humpty Dumpty enjoying kaya toast, Jack and Jill grilling satay on a hill and the three blind mice eating chicken rice at the hawker centre. Wouldn't that be a funny sight?Cheeky illustrations highlight aspects of Singapore ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Other Talk

    Reckoning with Our White Privilege

    by Brendan Kiely ...
    A School Library Journal Best Book of the YearAward-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.Talking about racism can be hard, but...Most kids of color grow up doing it. They have “The Talk” with ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Girls Think of Everything

    Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

    Illustrated by Melissa Sweet ...
    In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?Features ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How They Choked

    Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous

    by Georgia Bragg ...
    Illustrated by Kevin O'Malley ...
    Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes, epic failures even lead to super successes . . . sometimes they become deep dark secrets. But remember-to fail is human, to laugh about our shortcomings divine. From Montezuma II's mistaking a conqueror for a god to Isaac Newton turning from science to alchemy to J. Bruce Ismay's jumping the lifeboat line on the Titanic, How They Choked knocks fourteen famous ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Baseball

    A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #29: A Big Day for Baseball

    Series Book 37 - Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker
    Track the facts about baseball—with Jack and Annie!When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #29: A Big Day for Baseball, they had lots of questions. When was baseball invented? What are the rules? Who was Jackie Robinson? Who are some other baseball greats? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about America’s national ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • A World of Cookies for Santa

    Follow Santa's Tasty Trip Around the World

    by M.E. Furman ...
    Illustrated by Susan Gal ...
    This beautifully illustrated book explores the traditional treats that children across the globe leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve—includes recipes!A World of Cookies for Santa takes readers on a journey to discover holiday traditions and beloved Christmas cookies from cultures around the world. Head to the Philippines, where children leave out puto seko cookies and ginger tea for Santa; jet to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Facing the Mountain (Adapted for Young Readers)

    A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    Adapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home. Perfect for readers of The Boys in the Boat.After the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese Americans became the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Muzoon

    A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out

    **“Muzoon takes readers on her perilous and ultimately hopeful journey from refugee child to advocate for others in need.”—Malala Yousafzai, bestselling author and winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeWhen her family had to flee Syria, 14-year-old Muzoon was told to pack only the most essential things—and so she packed her schoolbooks.This is the inspiring true story of a Syrian refugee who fought hard ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • When Can We Go Back to America?

    Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII

    Four starred reviews!A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Nonfiction of 2021In this “riveting and indispensable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves together the voices of over 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults.It’s difficult to believe it ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Old Hickory:Andrew Jackson and the American People

    Andrew Jackson and the American People

    by Albert Marrin ...
    From a childhood steeped in poverty, violence, and patriotic pride, Andrew Jackson rose to the heights of celebrity and power. The first popularly elected president, he won admiration by fighting corruption, championing the common man, shaping the power of the executive office, and preserving the fragile union of the young United States.Yet Jackson's ruthless pursuit of what he believed to be ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A First Time for Everything

    by Dan Santat ...
    *Winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature*A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid ... Read more

    $9.99 USD