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Explorer Alexander West smuggled half of a map to his children and then died under mysterious circumstances.

Explores life in an inner city Chicago housing project discussing the residents' daily encounters with neighborhood violence, drugs, and gangs.

Anne's children make friends with the unusual Meredith children. Their minister father is looking for a wife and the town bubbles with interest at his efforts.

On Christmas eve in New York City, seven-year-old Brian is kidnapped when he tries to recover his mother's wallet, which has been stolen by a pickpocket.

Examines various legal issues, including free speech, privacy, child labor, and discrimination, as they apply to minors.

Presents the history of child labor which stretches back to the beginning of civilization and how much has changed for the better, but tragedy still strikes today in sweatshops, on farms, and even in the fast-food industry.

Photographs and text document working children especially in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Mexico.

A collection of activities designed to teach children ages eight through twelve about life in ancient Greece, presented within the context of a family in Athens whose members are getting ready to celebrate the birthday of the goddess Athena in the summer of 432 B.

Examines the problem of child labor during the early twentieth century, focusing on a protest march from Philadelphia to New York City in 1903 by a group of child textile workers led by Mother Jones.

Examines the 1967 Supreme Court Case in which the court ruled that juvenile courts cannot deprive children of certain rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

A biography of Mary Harris Jones, the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers.

Clear, careful explanations offer insight into cystic fibrosis, what this condition is, what causes the condition, how people live with the condition and the latest information about treatment and prevention.

In 1949 the author's mother, unable to care for him, left him at a Brooklyn orphanage, and for the next three years he lived in institutions and foster homes.

Tired of being hungry, cold, and dirty from living on the streets of New York City with a tribe of other homeless teenagers who are dying, one by one, a girl named Maybe ponders her future and longs for someone to care about her.