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A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.

On George Washington's seventh birthday, he does chores, misbehaves, and dreams of a day when his birthday will be celebrated by all.

There are places that I have never forgotten. A little cobbled street in a smoky mill town in the North of England has haunted me for the greater part of my life. It was inevitable that I should write about it and the people who lived on both sides of its "Invisible Wall."

Eschewing female stereotypes throughout her early years and failing to gain acceptance on the boys' baseball team, Liz learns to embrace her own views on gender as she comes of age, in an anecdotal graphic novel memoir.

The author, a poet, recounts her difficult childhood growing up in a Texas oil town.

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"A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists"--

While playing dress-up, Parker and her siblings imagine endless possibilities for future careers.

Children's author-illustrator Tomie dePaola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

Donald Crews' reminiscences of visits to his relatives as a young person.