YOUNG ADULT

Recommended reading for teens ages 13-18. Available in print or ebook.

WOMEN IN SPACE

Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including the Mercury 13; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, France, and more. Their stories, and the stories of the pilots, physicists, and doctors who followed them, demonstrate the vital role women have played in the quest for scientific understanding.

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COURAGEOUS WOMEN OF THE VIETNAM WAR

In these pages readers meet the brave women and girls who served in life-threatening roles as medics, journalists, resisters, and revolutionaries in the conflict in Vietnam. Each woman's story unfolds in a suspenseful, engaging way, incorporating plentiful original source materials, quotes, and photographs.

A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR SHE

This Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers tells the story of 16 women who through the ages who sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts.

BEAU & BETT

A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast follows Beau LeFrancois as he gets to know Bettina “the Beast” Diaz and finds himself falling for her until he catches her in a lie.

GOING PLACES

Going Places is a peek into what male adolescence looks like today for those who don't follow traditional paths as they strive to find themselves.

GROWING UP IN SLAVERY

Ten slaves—all under the age of 19—tell their stories of enslavement, brutality, and dreams of freedom in this collection. Culled from full-length autobiographies, these accounts were selected to help teenagers relate to the horrific experiences of slaves their own age in the not-so-distant past.