Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Nonfiction >> People & Places - Europe

Nonfiction master Russell Freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of World War I. The tangled relationships and alliances of many nations, the introduction of modern weaponry, and top-level military decisions that resulted in thousands upon thousands of casualties all contributed to the -great war, - which people hoped and believed would be the only conflict of its kind. In this clear and authoritative account, the Newbery Medal-winning author shows the ways in which the seeds of a second world war were sown in the first. Numerous archival...

Eight-year-old Ruth, one of ten adopted children, recounts the sudden disruption of her stable, predictable lifestyle in the suburban Los Angeles as the family relocates to a rural Welsh village.

Her first impressions and gradual integration into life in Wales are described in a humorous but informative way, giving details of farms, castles, historic houses, mines and caves which only an "insider" could relate.

As she finds herself accepted in her new country and culture, she begins to confront the limitations and frustrations of life as a wheelchair-user with a life-long...