Victoria McKernan

Enthralling account of the young stowaway on Shackleton's expedition where he was stuck in the Antarctic ice on his ship, Endurance, about the time of World War II in 1914. This is a great supplement to the book by Caroline Alexander. Quite an experience to live through.

A young boy tries to survive in the harsh world of post-Civil War America and heads to San Francisco. Instability and hardship are his constant companions when he travels to Peru, only to realize that Chinese laborers and miners have it much worse.

This historical novel recounts the hazardous journey of Aiden and his younger sister Maddy, two strong-willed orphans, who join a wagon train that will take them to a new life out west.

I felt so bad that maddy died.