Twelve-year-old Freedman and his father Nehemiah, a freed slave, make their living on a farm in Delaware during the 1850's. When Nehemiah is taken prisoner by slave-hunters in the Deep South, Freedman gets his chance to become part of the Underground Railroad. This meticulously researched novel treats an often overlooked aspect of African-American history: freed slaves' participation in the Underground Railroad.

It is the mid-1800's and Manjiro, a young fisherman, is shipwrecked far off the coast of his native Japan. At this time in history, Japan is an isolated country that allows its citizens no contact with the rest of the world. Foreigners are called "barbarians"-and none are more despised than Americans. But when Manjiro and his fishing companions are rescued by an American ship, Manjiro makes some startling discoveries about the world of the barbarians-and...

It's September 1, 1894, and 13-year-old Maggie Grant and her family are about to face a terror like none they've ever experienced. Having recently moved to the newly constructed town of Hinckley, Minnesota, they are caught in the path of one of the deadliest forest fires in history. Separated from her brothers and forced to flee, Maggie begins a harrowing train ride to Duluth, Minnesota, as the fire rages around her. Once there, Maggie must make a...

When Will is caught in a bloody shootout and a fatally botched bank robbery, he realizes that his daring new friend is really the outlaw Jesse James.

Fifteen-year-old Laurel Mawston has just moved to the Mississippi River town of New Madrid with her family when a series of terrible earthquakes devastate the area. Can Laurel and her family save their animals and their home?

In search of a Card Wars player that can beat Cake at the game, Fionna and Cake meet up with some gamer slugs, but they refuse to play against her.

Finding himself on the wrong side of mischief when his faithful sidekick, Gunther the penguin, is kidnapped, Ice King gets help from wacky sources, tries to be cool, and learns something unexpected about himself along the way.

When Lady Rainicorn grows ill, Finn and Jake learn of a special cure that can help her, but they must ride on the infamous Ooorient Express in order to get it, braving candy, suspicious conductors, and weird science along the way.

After returning home from their travels through time, Brett just wants to return to his everyday life. He and his friend Poppy have been invited to build a new farm in the cold biome, and Brett begins to prepare. But as he gathers crops, he falls down the portal, and this time it carries him to the future! With nowhere else to turn, Brett travel to the future Meadow Mews, only to find it under daily attacks from creepers. He sees his friends-and his...