Seventeen-year-old Lovisa King leaves Missouri for the Oregon Territory in 1845. A Heart for Any Fate, based on the history of a company of real pioneers, tells the story of the King family, whose careful plans are challenged by the h...

In this historically accurate novel, 13-year-old Sundara flees Cambodia with her family to escape the Khmer Rouge. One of many boat people, Sundara and her aunt and uncle get separated from the rest of their family.Together they escap...