Linda Jacobs Altman

Traces the history of slavery in the United States, focusing on the abolition movement and the final steps that freed an enslaved people.

Chronicles the history of Jewish people from Ancient times to 1935 when Hitler became Fuhrer.

Discusses the effects and legacy of the Holocaust, including the experiences of survivors, the urgency to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine, the need for a worldwide human rights policy, and the need to examine the terrible cost of racism and hatred.

"Read about when gold was discovered in California, and how this triggered one of the most amazing migrations in history"--Provided by publisher. Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.

Set during the California Gold Rush, Rosabel, an African American girl, is free, but her mother is a runaway slave. When a slave catcher comes to town and captures her mother, Rosabel and her Jewish friend Sophie search for gold to buy her freedom, and have success by looking in the places that were too small for adults to search in.