Walter Dean Myers

Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary.

Walter Dean Myers brings the dramatic race to the South Pole to life in Antarctica, tracking the explorers of the South Pole--including James Cook, Ernest Shackleton, and Richard Evelyn Bird--and the dangers they encountered there, as well as their contributions to science. The heroism and adventure--and sometimes the ultimate failure--of the expeditions are depicted in Myers's powerful prose, and through the photos, maps, and illustrations that complement...

Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.