Through the eyes of her family and friends we see the young Rachel as she explores nature and overcomes obstacles to write about harmful chemical practices and launch the global environmental movement. Written in blank verse.

"An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a divinity degree from Duke University-and then realizes she must confront her past to truly find her way home. "Home, it turns out, is where the war is. It's also where the healing begins." Born to drug-dealing parents in rural Indiana, Dana Trent is a preschooler the first time she uses a razor blade to cut up weed and fill dime bags for her schizophrenic...

Picture book about unknown artist Giuliano Cucco and his sketches of childhood.

"A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt at aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness...

"During the early American presence in Iran under the Shah and the burgeoning years of Kuwait's early oil boom, Kathryn Abdul-Baki grows up within both the expatriate Western communities and the larger Middle Eastern societies of Kuwait and Jerusalem. Hers is a story of belonging to two vastly different cultures and the search to find the inherent harmony in worlds at odds with each other. Caught in the joys of and the struggle of being both Arab...

Lidia Maksymowicz was just 3-years-old when she arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau with her family. Lidia was picked by Dr Josef Mengele for his experiments and sent to the children's block, where she survived 13 months of hell. Injected with infectious diseases and desperately malnourished, she came close to death. Her mother -- who risked her life to secretly visit Lidia -- was her only tie to humanity. By the time Birkenau was liberated her family had...

"Share in the joyful, adventure-filled shenanigans of a child growing up in a small mud hut in Inner Mongolia in this charming, illustrated memoir for young middle grade readers"--

"A través de la conversación entre Oprah Winfrey y el Dr. Perry, en este libro descubrirás cómo lo que nos sucede en la primera infancia tiene una gran influencia sobre la persona adulta en que nos convertimos. También comprenderás que las adversidades que experimentamos impactan en nuestra salud física y emocional y qué dice la ciencia sobre los patrones de comportamiento que nos cuesta tanto entender. Este libro te ofrece una nueva perspectiva...

What does it take for a student with hearing loss and a hearing aid to become a superhero!!?!? Starting at a new school is scary, especially with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here, she's different. She's sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling...