The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition

William Kamkwamba

The bestselling story of the young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village, now in an accessible middle grade edition. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to s...

Goodbye , Vietnam

Gloria Whelan

"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soonapprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. Theytrudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenchingtrip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the familyev...