Nathan Hale
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and little-known secrets) of the infamous war"--
"World War...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) is today seen as one of history’s greatest bargains. But why did Napoleon Bonaparte sell this seemingly prosperous territory? At the time, France controlled Haiti, and there, enslaved Africans were used to harvest sugar. But in 1791, Toussaint Louverture led the largest uprising of enslaved people in human history, the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804). Napoleon had originally wanted to use Louisiana for trade, but with...
5) Frankenstein
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Frankenstein is the scariest monster in Miss Devel's castle and can scare anything. It was always noisy in the castle until one night it is discovered that Frankenstein had lost his head. Dr. Bones takes Frankenstein to his laboratory to give him a brand new head that causes even more trouble.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel interpretation of "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.