virginia

When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires, literally.

In 1955, Woodrow and his cousin Gypsy befriend a new girl in their seventh grade class in rural Virginia, and the three of them set off to find Woodrow's missing mother, encountering unlikely and intriguing coincidences along the way.

Young Pocahontas must bridge the gap between her tribe and the settlers of Jamestown.

Told in two voices, Jules, whose father is restoring an abandoned house, and a girl who lived there a century before begin to communicate and slowly, the girl's tragic story is revealed.

Readers will learn how the case of Loving v. Virginia found its way to the Supreme Court, and explore how it became a decision that changed the future of civil rights and interracial marriage in the United States.

In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.

Presents the true story of Brent Runyon who at fourteen set himself on fire and sustained burns over eighty percent of his body, and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.

"... draws upon archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond."--Provided by publisher.

Told in two voices, Jules, whose father is restoring an abandoned house, and a girl who lived there a century before begin to communicate and slowly, the girl's tragic story is revealed.

Tells the story of the creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington, Virginia and of the eight Body Bearers, each a distinguished soldier in his own right, who carried the unknown soldier to his final resting place.