History's kid heroes

Graphic novel. Quaker John Darragh carries a secret message to his older brother who is in George Washington's army.

On July 6,1881, in Moingona, Iowa, when a ferocious storm washes out the railroad bridges, fifteen-year-old Kate Shelley risks her life to prevent a terrible train disaster.

On January 12, 1888, when a blizzard blows off the roof of their schoolhouse on what had been an unseasonably warm day in Nebraska, Sarah and Annie are roped together with the other children and led by their teacher out into the storm and, hopefully, to the safety of her house.

In 1781, fifteen-year-old James Forten, a free African American from Philadelphia, is proud to be fighting for the American colonies, but when the British capture the ship on which he serves he fears for both his life and his freedom.

A graphic novel adaptation of the story of Sybil Ludington, a sixteen-year-old girl who rode all through a stormy night in April 1777 in New York Colony to warn the local militiamen that the British Army was looting and burning nearby Danbury, Connecticut.

In Philadelphia, in 1777, fourteen-year-old Quaker John Darragh aids the American army by carrying coded messages, hidden by his mother in the buttons on his coat, to his older brother Charles in George Washington's camp.

An 1888 blizzard paralyzes New England, but Milton puts on snowshoes and helps his neighbors. Graphic novel.

In 1896, Sam helps an all-Black lifesaving crew rescue shipwreck survivors. Graphic novel.

Abbie keeps lighthouse lamps lit during a storm. Graphic novel.