Allen, Thomas B.
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
Who knew our most famous Founding Father was a colonial James Bond? This book features Washington in a little known but incredibly important role as the mastermind behind an intricate network of Patriot spies during the Revolutionary War.

Ambrose, Stephen E.
Good Fight: How World War II Was Won
Acclaimed historian Stephen E. Ambrose has broken new ground with a stirring account of World War II. Ambrose's book brings out the humanity that underlies war. With compassion and storytelling prowess, the author makes a complex conflict exciting, enlightening, and comprehensible.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Bartoletti relays a detailed account of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 and its long-lasting effect on the Irish.

Bausum, Ann.
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
The long, arduous, and sometimes violent struggle for a woman's right to vote is told in an engaging narrative. The roots of the movement as well as the other efforts it spawned are well told.

Beals, Melba Pattillo.
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High.
A heart-wrenching account of the nine high school students who integrated Little Rock High School.

Capuzzo, Michael.
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916.
In 1916, mass hysteria grips the Jersey coast when a shark terrorizes the shoreline in this account of one of the first documented shark attacks.

Crowe, Chris.
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case.
Using archival photographs and primary sources, Crowe describes how the Mississippi murder of 14- year-old Emmett Till contributed to the civil rights movement.

Fleischman, John.
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science.
Phineas is never the same after a metal rod enters his head at the chin and comes out his forehead.

Fleming, Candace.
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's.
Poor Richard’s Almanac is the model for this topically organized biography of the printer, writer, scientist, statesman, inventor, and founding father.

Fradin, Dennis Brindell and Judith Bloom Fradin.
Fight On! Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration.
This biography introduces an indomitable fighter against all forms of discrimination, who conducted a successful campaign to integrate Washington, D.C., restaurants and movie theaters.

Freedman, Russell.
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights.
Amendment by amendment, Freedman describes how court cases and societal changes have broadened our understanding of the individual freedoms listed in the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1791.

Freedman, Russell.
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights.
A biography of the great singer Marian Anderson and her role in bringing the injustice of segregation in the arts to national awareness.

Hamilton, Bethany
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Bethany Hamilton shares the story of her lifelong love of surfing, and tells how she was able to recover and return to surfing competition with the help of her family, friends, and faith, after losing her arm in a shark attack at the age of thirteen

Hampton, Wilborn.
September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City.
This moving account of the destruction of the World Trade Center is told through the experiences of people who were closely involved.

Hampton, Wilborn.
Meltdown: A Race against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island: A Reporter's Story.
Journalist Hampton gives an eyewitness account of the 1979 disaster at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, relating it to the bombing of Hiroshima and the Chernobyl power plant explosion.

Graydon, Shari
Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know
Did you know that more than $2 billion in advertising is targeted at young North American consumers every year? Or that over 12,000 U.S. schools have agreed to show commercials in the classroom? Today a typical child views a staggering 40,000 ads every year on TV alone! This book offers an intriguing and hip exploration of the advertising universe.

McPherson, James M.
Fields of Fury: The American Civil War.
McPherson delivers a battle-by-battle guide to the deadliest American war.

McWhorter, Diane.
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968.
This handsome volume summarizes and explains the key years of the Civil rights Movement, bringing in major players as well as lesser known heroes and heroines.

Murphy, Jim.
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.
In this gripping account, Murphy explores how yellow fever disrupted the federal government, divided the medical establishment, and destroyed the lives of thousands of Philadelphians. The 2004 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner and a Newbery Honor Book.

Murphy, Jim.
Inside the Alamo.
Primary sources and lively text describe the events that led to General Santa Anna’s victory at the battle of the Alamo.

Nelson, Peter.
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis.
A school project eventually leads to the truth about the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the navy’s cover-up, and the court martial of the captain.

Nye, Naomi Shihab.
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East.
In an exquisite poetry collection, Nye draws on her Palestinian American heritage to see the Middle East through the eyes of an American and the U.S. through the eyes of a Palestinian.

Paulsen, Gary.
How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports.
Paulsen recounts the bizarre, daredevil feats that he and his friends attempted during their Minnesota childhood.

Partridge, Elizabeth.
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie.
Partridge tells the tragic story of the rambling folksinger Woody Guthrie, who wrote "This Land Is Your Land."

Pfetzer, Mark
Within Reach: My Everest Story
Not only was Mark the youngest climber to attempt the Everest summit, he also bore witness to the tragedy documented in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, in which eight climbers perished in a sudden storm. In this suspenseful first-person narrative, Mark takes the reader past the ever-shifting Khumbu Icefall, over three-hundred-foot crevasses, and up into the high altitude "Death Zone" of Everest.

Philbrick, Nathaniel.
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex.
Survivor accounts provide the basis for a harrowing account of the 1820 voyage of the whaleship Essex, which was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale.