Biographical Fiction

At the front of a middle-school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says....

It's the turn of the 20th century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters...

Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in the mid-1800s and was expected to live her life without the freedoms she dreamed of....

When Southern belle Ellie McBride moves her twins from Vertigo, Tennessee, to New York City, they wouldn't dream of leaving behind the family pig....

Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs....

Pollyanna, an expert at her favorite "Glad Game" of always looking at the bright side in her numerous trials, is one of the most popular and enduring characters in all of children's literature....

Rifka knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia with her family in 1919....

Pete the Cat helps the Wright brothers build their first flying machine in this historical fiction Level 1 I Can Read from New York Times bestselling creators Kimberly and James Dean.

Children will enjoy listening to early evidence of young Clara Barton's calling such as when Patch, her beloved dog, is injured, and Clara nurses him back to health....

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author and creator of The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday, comes one of the most incredible stories in all of history. A young boy, out of nowhere, is chosen to be the emperor of most of the known world....

In 1939, the Germans invaded the town of Lodz, Poland, and moved the Jewish population into a small part of the city called a ghetto....

Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania....

Rachel was a girl who loved science and the sea, books and writing, and all the creatures of the world. Rachel was quiet, a listener by nature. But when she saw problems, she could not remain silent....

Neftalí’s father wants him to be a doctor. But Neftalí is not like other children....

Davy Crockett is the ultimate American backwoods legend....

Lançado em 1968, O meu pé de laranja lima é uma história autobiográfica que conta as aventuras de Zezé, menino travesso que tem por melhor amigo...

In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee, Jubilee....

Someone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life. Phoebe gets a job as George Washington's housekeeper, but her real job is to work as a spy.

Introducing Peter Cartwright Gilbert Hamilton is left alone on the frontier when his father is killed, and his mother is kidnapped by Sauk Indians ...

In the first book in the Rocco the Rock Star series, we meet Rocco the rescue dog as he arrives on the Happy Bus after a four-day trek across Europe and follow him as he gets used to a new life in a new country in his first ever home....

In Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business, Sarah Breedlove (a.k.a. Madam C. J. Walker) reinvents and rebrands herself as a forceful entrepreneur whose products still dominate the black hair-care industry today....

Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she, too, can become Firebird....

The debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and number one New York Times best-selling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood....

Twelve-year-old Viviani Fedeler, proud resident of the New York Public Library, has her sights set on becoming a star reporter. She’s thrilled when Miss Hutch announces a story contest where the winner gets their essay printed in the New York Times....

Based on a true story. In October 1660, Etienne Gayneau rushes through the cobblestone streets of La Rochelle, France, to meet his cousin at the harbor. A ship carrying King Louis XIV's elite musketeers is docking.