Lawlor, Laurie

A brief biography of six women scientists who have changed the world.

Examines the life of twentieth-century environmentalist Rachel Carson and how her book, "Silent Spring," helped spur on greater environmental awareness.

Moe McDonohugh is bored in her small town in Wisconsin until she discovers that she can have an adventure close to home. Imagine! Father buys the first automobile -- a Ford model T -- ever seen in town!.

In the early twentieth century, eleven-year-old Su-Na and her younger sisters travel from their home in Korea to the promising shores of Hawaii, but upon their arrival her father must work long hours for little money and the family is exposed to the racism prevalent among Asians of differing descent.

In 1704, after their mistress receives a mysterious letter requesting their arrival, twelve-year-old servant girls Hester and Philena embark on a dangerous journey from Boston to New Haven, Connecticut, unaware of the ways their lives are about to change.

Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on the prairie.

In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight the "savages" in Dakota Territory, where he confronts his prejudices and learns what heroism really means.

Uses excerpts from the journal of a twenty-five-year-old American sailor to chronicle the final voyage of Captain James Cook in 1776.