True stories (Children's&YA) books

1402 books were found.

Rescuing the Declaration of Independence: How We Almost Lost the Words That Built America

Rescuing the Declaration of Independence: How We Almost...

Author: Anna Crowley Redding ,  Edwin Fotheringham
ISBN: 9780062740328
Format: Hardback
$34.99

"""Today, the Declaration of Independence is one of the most heavily guarded treasures of the United States of America,...  Read More >>

Adventure Starts at Bedtime: 30 real-life stories of danger and intrigue

Adventure Starts at Bedtime: 30 real-life stories of...

Author: Ness Knight ,  Qu Lan
ISBN: 9781916180550
Format: Hardback
$29.99

Take an adventure tonight with 30 real life stories of survival 30 true stories of danger and intrigue, written...  Read More >>

Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word

Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word

Author: Paul Fleischman ,  Melissa Sweet
ISBN: 9780763690663
Format: Hardback
$27.99

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Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Author: Nereide S Santa Rosa
ISBN: 9788545400622
Format: Paperback
$38.86

Nascido no Rio de Janeiro em 1913, Vinicius de Moraes foi dramaturgo, jornalista, cantor, compositor, diplomata...  Read More >>

Young, Fearless, Awesome: 25 Young People who Changed the World

Young, Fearless, Awesome: 25 Young People who Changed...

Author: Stella Caldwell
ISBN: 9781783125258
Format: Hardback
$32.99

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I Got This: To Gold and Beyond: New and Expanded Edition

I Got This: To Gold and Beyond: New and Expanded Edition...

Author: Laurie Hernandez
ISBN: 9780062957337
Format: Paperback
$19.99

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Now in an expanded paperback edition with Laurie’s...  Read More >>

Wink

Wink

Author: Rob Harrell
ISBN: 9781460758878
Format: Paperback
$19.99

"""Surviving middle school with one eye open."""  Read More >>

Wink

Wink

Author: Rob Harrell ,  Michael Crouch
ISBN: 9781460784013
Format: Audio
$19.99

"""Surviving middle school with one eye open."""  Read More >>

Wink

Wink

Author: Rob Harrell ,  Michael Crouch
ISBN: 9781460784044
Format: Audio
$19.99

"""Surviving middle school with one eye open."""  Read More >>

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis' Fleet-of-Foot Girl

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis' Fleet-of-Foot Girl...

Author: Megan Reid ,  Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9780062851093
Format: Hardback
$34.99

A spirited picture book biography about Althea Gibson, the first black Wimbledon, French, and U.S. Open tennis champion,...  Read More >>

Home Again: Stories About Coming Home From War

Home Again: Stories About Coming Home From War

Author: Tony Bradman ,  Jim Eldridge
ISBN: 9780702300547
Format: Paperback
$25.85

HOME AGAIN tells twelve moving tales of homecoming, centred around VE Day. With a foreword by Forces Sweetheart...  Read More >>

Taking the Lead: How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World

Taking the Lead: How Jacinda Ardern Wowed the World...

Author: David Hill ,  Phoebe Morris
ISBN: 9780143774518
Format: Hardback
$19.99

Meet Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who hopes the things she's done will help everyone, especially...  Read More >>

Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King

Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King

Author: Kate Simpson ,  Jess Racklyeft
ISBN: 9781760637019
Format: Hardback
$24.99

The true story of Anzac girl Sister Alice Ross-King, who sailed to war in December 1914 and became the most decorated...  Read More >>

Village of Scoundrels

Village of Scoundrels

Author: Margi Preus
ISBN: 9781419708978
Format: Hardback
$24.99

In the 1940s, remote Les Lauzes, France, houses Jews, unregistered foreigners, forgers, and others who take great...  Read More >>

Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson for the Vote

Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson...

Author: Barb Rosenstock ,  Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781629799087
Format: Hardback
$39.99

The story of suffragette Alice Paul and her campaign to win women the right to vote.  Read More >>

What Every Girl Should Know: Margaret Sanger's Journey

What Every Girl Should Know: Margaret Sanger's Journey...

Author: J. Albert Mann
ISBN: 9781534419339
Format: Paperback
$22.99

In this fictionalized biography, a teenage Maggie Higgins struggles to balance her responsibilities to her family,...  Read More >>

Monsters: The passion and loss that created Frankenstein

Monsters: The passion and loss that created Frankenstein...

Author: Sharon Dogar
ISBN: 9781783449033
Format: Paperback
$17.99

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Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet

Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet

Author: Ms Kate Pankhurst ,  Ms Kate Pankhurst
ISBN: 9781408899298
Format: Paperback
$14.99

'Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls' GUARDIAN 'It's hard to imagine any group...  Read More >>

Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey

Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey

Author: Magdalena Newman ,  Neil Swaab
ISBN: 9781328631831
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Palacio as “wondrous”—this moving memoir follows a teenage boy with TC syndrome and his exceptional family from...  Read More >>

Fighting to Survive in the American West: Terrifying True Stories

Fighting to Survive in the American West: Terrifying...

Author: Eric Braun
ISBN: 9780756565695
Format: Paperback
$23.63

"""Life in the American West was difficult. Pioneers and explorers had to deal with rough terrain, extreme weather,...  Read More >>

Fighting to Survive Natural Disasters: Terrifying True Stories

Fighting to Survive Natural Disasters: Terrifying True...

Author: Michael Burgan
ISBN: 9780756565688
Format: Paperback
$23.63

Deadly tornadoes. Devastating earthquakes. Killer tsunamis. When it comes to nature's fury people can do little...  Read More >>

Fighting to Survive Underground: Terrifying True Stories

Fighting to Survive Underground: Terrifying True Stories...

Author: Nancy Dickmann
ISBN: 9780756565671
Format: Paperback
$23.63

"""Being trapped in a cave or collapsed mine is terrifying. It can be cold, wet, and completely dark. Even worse,...  Read More >>

Journey to the Forbidden City

Journey to the Forbidden City

Author: Deepa Agarwal
ISBN: 9780143449911
Format: Paperback
$15.40

Nineteenth-century Tibet was an unknown entity, a complete geographical mystery to the West. Where did its capital...  Read More >>

Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains

Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains

Author: Rebel Girls ,  Nancy Ohlin
ISBN: 9781733329200
Format: Hardback
$34.29

A historical novel based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first female climber to summit Mount Everest From the...  Read More >>

Fighting to Survive the Polar Regions: Terrifying True Stories

Fighting to Survive the Polar Regions: Terrifying True...

Author: Michael Burgan
ISBN: 9780756565701
Format: Paperback
$23.63

"""Describes the terrifying true stories of explorers and others who survived the extreme climate, starvation, rough...  Read More >>

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