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Juvenilia, was a collection of poems written by James Henry Leigh Hunt at a young age and published in March 1801. As an unknown author, Hunt's work was not accepted by any professional publishers, and his father Isaac Hunt instead entered into an…

Lena Mukhina was a 10-year-old schoolgirl when the Germany army invaded the USSR in 1941 and besieged her home town of Leningrad. She survived the siege and returned to Leningrad after the war.

Byron's first volume of verse, privately printed in the autumn of 1806.

Catherine Hunter is the daughter of a senior government official on the island of Anglya. She's one of the privileged - she has luxurious clothes, plenty to eat, and is protected from the Collections which have ravaged families throughout the land.…

The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Young Readers Edition

Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region . . . . [Malala] fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9,…

Set in a tropical backyard, Bella The Caterpillar examines the process of metamorphosis from a child’s perspective. Paramo’s cast of characters emanate from a child’s mind, where insect friends are there to help a caterpillar discover more about her…

In the summer of 1816, a young, well-educated woman from England traveled with her lover to the Swiss Alps. Unseasonable rain kept them trapped inside their lodgings, where they entertained themselves by reading ghost stories. At the urging of…

Sometimes the most important messages come from the most unlikely places. Mattie J.T. Stepanek, a 13-year-old boy, made a difference before he died with his Heartsongs poetry. He continues to impact the world through Just Peace. This poet,…

Mattie Stepanek has touched the hearts of thousands of people. His best-selling books of poetry are joyful, profound, and lasting. Growing up with arareform of muscular dystropy -- the same disease that took the lives of his three siblings -- has…

Mattie Stepanek is familiar to millions from his two New York Times best sellers Heartsongs and Journey Through Heartsongs, and his appearances on Oprah, Good Morning America, and many other television and radio shows. In this new book, Mattie writes…