Young Jackie Robinson

Young Jackie Robinson
Author: Edward Farrell
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1992-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780613369084

A biography of the first black player in modern American major league baseball, emphasizing the prejudice he had to overcome by sheer courage.

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson
Author: Herb Dunn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481413805

A narrative portrait concentrating on the childhood of baseball legend Jackie Robinson and growing up in Pasadena, California during segregation in the 1920's and the influences that shaped his subsequent athletic achievements.

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Almost 300 years ago this fascinating novel was published with probably the most long title: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, All Alone in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, Wherein All the Men Perished but Himself. With an Account how he was at last as Strangely Deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by Himself. For hundreds of years this book impresses the imagination by displaying of courage, ingenuity, vitality of the person, caught in such a binding that it is difficult to imagine. But still it is so exciting to imagine, while reading a book in a cozy room. Pretty illustrations by Vladislav Kolomoets provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.

Down a Dark Hall

Down a Dark Hall
Author: Lois Duncan
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2011-04-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 031613435X

A paranormal rollercoaster ride with goosebumps at every turn--now a motion picture starring Uma Thurman and Anna Sophia Robb! Kit Gordy sees Blackwood Hall towering over black iron gates, and she can't help thinking, This place is evil. The imposing mansion sends a shiver of fear through her. But Kit settles into a routine, trying to ignore the rumors that the highly exclusive boarding school is haunted. Then her classmates begin to show extraordinary and unknown talents. The strange dreams, the voices, the lost letters to family and friends, all become overshadowed by the magic around them. When Kit and her friends realize that Blackwood isn't what it claims to be, it might be too late.

You Matter

You Matter
Author:
Publisher: SGM Lifewords
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0721307507

The message "You matter to God" is presented using the parable of the Prodigal Son. Cartoon. Age range: Children, Youth, Adults

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1905
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN:

An adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe who was shipwrecked on an island, how he survived and was finally rescued. Rewritten "in words easy for every child, ... shortened by leaving out all the dull parts."