Gente joven, A2.2

Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.

This book is a fun and kidfriendly approach to prayer for a very special audience. Written with young hearts in mind, this short, easytoread book for 7 to 12 year olds, helps children learn to talk to God in a way that is meaningful and relational. Interactive callouts, sample prayers, and places to record their own words to God are sprinkled throughout the pages.

Phoenix sueña con conocer el mundo que hay más allá de los altos muros que protegen su aldea. Un día, decide incumplir las normas y abandona su hogar para adentrarse en el bosque mágico del cual tantas leyendas ha escuchado. Pero su viaje prohibido tiene consecuencias fatales para su hermano Xander: cuando Phoenix regresa a la aldea, descubre que su hermano se ha convertido ¡en un horrible zombi!

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...