Scientist Viktor Frankenstein has always dreamed of discovering the secret of life. Then one day, after weeks of exacting research and gory work, he succeeds. But his creature, which seemed beautiful on the operating table, is monstrous when it opens its yellow eyes. Frankenstein flees the creature in terror, leaving him alone to first experience the world. As the creature wanders in search of the man who made him, he comes to hate men for their cruelty....

A history of the Tuskegee Airmen told through the story of Henry Gooding, one of twenty-five men who served as pilots in the African-American unit during World War II.

Meet three people who knew George Washington and learn through their eyes how Washington grew from a boy to the man that Americans call Father of His Country.

In this book, you will hear Abe Lincoln tell the story of his own life, from the day he was born in a small log cabin, right up to the day he was shot by an assassin's bullet.

This is the fictional but realistic story of a Mexican family that crosses the border illegally into Texas in the 1990s in search of a better economic life. Carlos Sanchez, the father, comes first after being laid off from a factory job in Mexico. Three years pass before he is able to bring his wife, Linda, and their children Rico, Ana, and Pedro. After a hazardous desert crossing by Linda and the children, the story explores culture shock and the...

Gettysburg: missing in action is a Civil War story of two best friends- Sam and Cal- who march into the Battle of gettysburg in 1863. On the first day of the battle, Cal becomes lost as the soldiers are forced to retreat.