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  • Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    by David Grann ...
    A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes, the Reign of Terror against the Osage people.In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Good Behavior

    Jailed at age sixteen for armed robbery, Nathan Henry was the kind of teenager most parents and teachers have nightmares about. His crime was the culmination of a life lived on the edge: guns and drugs, sex and violence, all set against the ordinary backdrop of a one-stop light town in rural Indiana. Nate's personal history is both disturbing and fascinating. A rough childhood becomes an ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Explosives & Arson Investigation

    by Jean Ford ...
    Series series Solving Crimes With Science: Forensics
    An uncanny calm settles on the scene. The blaze is out. A soggy, sooty mess remains. Most of us wouldn't have a clue where to begin, yet fire and explosion investigators know precisely where and how to dig in. Other books in this series show that documents, fingerprints, a stray hair, fibers, bullets, tool marks, blood spatter, SNA, cigarette butts, insects, or even a simple candy wrapper can ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ruth Objects

    The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Illustrated by Eric Velasquez ...
    Series Book 11 - A Big Words Book
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a trailblazer. A fighter. And a public servant who has dedicated her life to the pursuit of equality.When Ruth was a young girl, her mother encouraged her to read, be independent, and stand up for what she thought was right. Ruth graduated first in her class at Cornell University and tied for top of her graduating class at Columbia Law School. But she faced prejudice as both ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Who Killed My Daughter?

    The Startling True Story of a Mother's Search for Her Daughter's Murderer

    by Lois Duncan ...
    On July 16, 1989, Lois Duncan’s daughter was chased down and shot to death in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After the police abandoned all leads, Duncan refused to give up her search for the truth.In this tragic memoir and investigation, Lois Duncan searches for clues to the murder of her youngest child, eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette. Duncan begins to suspect that the official police investigation ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Borden Murders

    Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century

    by Sarah Miller ...
    With murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively readable and perfect for the Common Core.Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.In a compelling, linear narrative, Miller takes readers along as she investigates a brutal crime: the August 4, 1892, murders of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Year We Disappeared

    A Father - Daughter Memoir

    When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with Izod clothing, the Muppets, and a box turtle she kept in a shoebox. Then everything changed overnight. Her police officer father, John, was driving to his shift when someone leveled a shotgun at his window. The blasts that followed left John's jaw on the passenger seat of his car-literally. While clinging to life, he managed to write down ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus)

    A true crime thriller -- the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body. Reissued in Scholastic Focus, with an exciting new cover.The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the Fulton, Illinois, workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is hauled off to prison, members of his counterfeiting ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Bloody Times

    The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis

    New York Times bestselling author James L. Swanson brings to life the fast-paced, suspense-filled story of Abraham Lincoln's and Jefferson Davis's final journeys through our wounded nation following the Civil War. This middle grade nonfiction book is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 7 to 8, especially during homeschooling. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?

    Illustrated by Dede Putra ...
    Series series Who Was?
    The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious illness now but an even more dangerous one fifty years ago. How did young Sonia handle the devastating news? ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Witchcraft of Salem Village

    Series series Landmark Books
    Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their activities, the terrified girls set off a whirlwind of controversy as they accused townsperson after townsperson of being witches. Author Shirley Jackson examines ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • 尋找正義:一位聯邦檢察官的首度告白,顛覆你心中的公平和真相

    Series Book 164 - 綠蠹魚YLE
    為什麼普通人也該讀這本書?因為你我對別人的輕率判斷,可能影響那個人的一生,或你我自己的一生。──范疇/跨界思考者★ 空降《紐約時報》暢銷榜 #4!上市首月銷量即破六萬冊!★ 《衛報》2019年度選書★ 《華盛頓郵報》、《衛報》等全球各大權威媒體書評一致讚揚!只要我們所遇到的人不夠仁慈、不夠正派、缺乏人性,而且根本不認同自由平等,那麼自由平等就不可能存在。只有人類能給予自身自由,法律和司法機構無法做到。──克萊倫斯.達洛(Clarence Darrow)/辯護律師出生十九天大的女嬰卡琳娜在醫院遭人擄走,二十三年後,她與親生父母團聚,綁架她的養母則... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Mona Lisa Vanishes

    A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

    by Nicholas Day ...
    Illustrated by Brett Helquist ...
    **A “witty thriller” (The New York Times) for middle-grade readers about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world—and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.SIBERT MEDAL WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal • Booklist • Kirkus Reviews ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • What Is the Constitution?

    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    Series series What Was?
    We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the United States Constitution came into being.Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights

    Illustrated by Anna DiVito ...
    Which 462 words are so important that they've changed the course of American history more than once? The Bill of Rights: the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the crucial document that spells out how the United States is to be governed.Packed with anecdotes, sidebars, case studies, suggestions for further reading, and humorous illustrations, Kathleen Krull's introduction to the Bill of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong

    The Story of Kyle Unger

    Series series Lorimer Real Justice
    On the night of June 23, 1990, teenage friends Kyle Unger and John Beckett made a last-minute decision to attend a music festival near Roseisle, Manitoba. They were loners, not the popular kids at school. But on this night they seemed to finally fit in. They had fun, played games, drank, and hung around bonfires with other people. The next morning, a sixteen-year-old girl was dead. By the next ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Bonnie and Clyde

    Series series History's Worst
    Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it takes to be considered two of the worst figures in history, with the third book in this nonfiction series that focuses on the most despicable historical figures.Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are possibly the most famous and most romanticized criminals in American history. When the police found photos of them posing with guns and goofing around, they ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Few Red Drops

    The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

    This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social StudiesOn a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

    Illustrated by Jake Murray ...
    Series series Who Was?
    You've probably seen her on T-shirts, mugs, and even tattoos. Now that famous face graces the cover of this Who Was? book.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker always spoke her mind; as a young lawyer, RBG advocated for gender equality and women's rights when few others did. She gained attention for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Archives and Human Rights

    Series series Routledge Approaches to History
    Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationship between archives and human rights and discusses the emergence, at the international level, of the principles of the right to truth, justice and reparation.Through a historical overview and topical ... Read more

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  • Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold

    by Jean Fritz ...
    Benedict Arnold always carried things too far. As a boy he did crazy things like climbing atop a burning roof and picking a fight with the town constable. As a soldier, he was even more reckless. He was obsessed with being the leader and the hero in every battle, and he never wanted to surrender. He even killed his own horse once rather than give it to the enemy.Where did the extremism lead Arnold ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet

    D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money

    by Tom Sullivan ...
    Illustrated by Tom Sullivan ...
    Series Book 1 - Unsolved Case Files
    An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for ChildrenA thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S.CASE NO. 001: NORJAKNOVEMBER 24, 1971PORTLAND, OREGON2:00 P.M.A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat, buys a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 bound for ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • That’s Not Fair!

    Getting to Know Your Rights and Freedoms

    Illustrated by Dharmali Patel ...
    Series series CitizenKid
    There are lots of rules we all need to follow, from the dress code at school, respecting someone’s privacy, to turning your light off at bedtime. In six entertaining stories, Mayor Moe and City Council grapple with the task of making rules to keep their city safe, prosperous and fair. Not an easy job, since citizens come in all shapes, sizes and colors, and have different thoughts and beliefs ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Last of The Wild Bunch: The Miseducation of Anthony Green

    by Amal AmenYin ...
    He was nine years old when he first stood before a judge; he was told if he ever entered a courtroom again, he would receive a harsher sentence---he was back the following year. At ten years old, he coped out and served four years in an Upstate juvenile detention center. Once home, he chose to enter the only life he knew. His father and uncles fell ill, he was left to protect his godfather, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD