Books by Gare Thompson
Who Was Helen Keller?
by Who HQ, Gare Thompson
At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things. This inspiring illustrated biography is perfect for young middle-grade readers. Black-and-white line drawings throughout, sidebars on related topics such as Louis Braille, a timeline, and a bibliography enhance readers' understanding of the subject.
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Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?
by Who HQ, Gare Thompson
For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until Eleanor Roosevelt. Born in 1884, Eleanor was not satisfied to just be a glorified hostess for her husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Eleanor had a voice, and she used it to speak up against poverty and racism. She had experience and knowledge of many issues, and fought for laws to help the less fortunate. She had passion, energy, and a way of speaking that made people listen, and she used these gifts to campaign for her husband and get him elected president-four times! A fascinating historical figure in her own right, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of First Lady forever.
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When the Mission Padre Came to the Rancho: The Early California Adventures of Rosalinda and Simon Delgado (I Am American)
Written in diary format, and set in California in 1834, a traveling visitor, Padre Carlos Ramon, spends time telling the children of the Delgado family what life was like for the early mission people when they came to settle their new land. Original.
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We Came Through Ellis Island: The Immigrant Adventures of Emma Markowitz
Readers witness the life of a Jewish family who move from Russia to New York City to escape persecution and starvation and to make a new life. Fact-filled narrative and historical photos plus fictional letters and journal entries from 12-year-old Emma Markowitz and her family paint a memorable picture of the typical European immigrant experience in the 1890s.
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Our Journey West: An Adventure on the Oregon Trail
by Gare Thompson, Nancy Feresten
Twelve-year-old Sarah Marshall and her family leave their New York home in 1852 to seek a better life in the fertile lands of Oregon. Sharing their experiences, readers get a vivid sense of the dangers, difficulties, and grueling everyday life facing the thousands who trekked the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail by covered wagon, horseback, and foot.
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