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Examines the people, geography, history, and natural resources of the Prairie State.

A detailed biography of President Barack Obama that describes how he was raised by a single mother and his grandparents, his education at Harvard Law, political career, and other related topics.

Rowan, Nina, Xanthe, and Xavier are reunited for their first solo time travel trip, venturing to Bloomington, Illinois, in 1856 in search of an unhappy teen whose decision to run away from his father seems to have changed history.

A pictorial introduction to Illinois, providing information about its early history, land, and resources, with a look at notable people, places, and events in the state.

Provides an overview of the state of Illinois, covering its history, geography, economy, people, and points of interest.

The story of Ellen who lives on an Illinois farm in 1830 and who gets a new stepmother and brother.

Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Illinois.

An illustrated introduction to Illinois, providing information about the land and climate, natural resources, plants and animals, tourism, industry, goods and services, history, population, politics and government, cultural groups, sports, and arts and entertainment of the state.

In an election year, sixteen-year-old Erin Bright sets aside her familiar supporting role as daughter of the mayor and girlfriend of the student body president to stand up for what she believes in and protect an historic park from being replaced by a gas station.

Told from two viewpoints, Derek Fitzpatrick, kicked out of boarding school, must move with his stepmother to her childhood home in Illinois, where he meets Ashtyn Parker, who may be able to achieve her dream of a football scholarship with bad boy Derek's help.

Born into an Illinois farm family in 1906, Elsie Lee Splear describes how she, her parents, and her sisters lived in the early years of the twentieth century and how the changing seasons shaped their existence.

Sixteen-year-old Darcy Jones knows little about her past except that she was abandoned outside a Chicago firehouse at age five, but when the mysterious Conn arrives at her high school she begins to discover things about her past that she is not sure she likes.

A brainy, shy high school outcast interning at a Chicago hotel discovers that the hotel staff has an evil agenda planned for her classmates on prom night.

In 1918 Illinois, Ida Lou dreams of finding her estranged father by becoming an aerialist in the circus, but her plans may be sidetracked by a terrible accident.