Deborah Hopkinson: 37 books

Book cover of D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History (Scholastic Focus)
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018

The WWII invasion known as D-Day was the largest military endeavor in history. By June 6, 1944, Hitler and his allies had a strong grip on the European continent, where Nazi Germany was engaged in the mass extermination of the Jewish people. The goal of D-Day was the total defeat of Hitler's regime,...
Book cover of Where Is the Kremlin?
by Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019

Get the inside story on the famous fortress in the heart of Moscow that has withstood fires, invaders, and revolutions for almost seven hundred years. Lined by nineteen beautiful towers, the high walls of the Kremlin enclose colorful domed cathedrals, treasure-filled museums, and the Russian...
Book cover of The Great Trouble

The Great Trouble

A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel

by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013

“A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He’s...
Book cover of Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016

Published in time for the 150th anniversary of her birth, this story stars a young Beatrix Potter, creator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and many other classic children’s books. Master of the historical fiction picture book, Hopkinson takes readers back to Victorian England and the home of...
Book cover of Maria's Comet

Maria's Comet

with audio recording

by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013

Maria longs to be an astronomer -- wish that burns as brightly as a star. But girls in the nineteenth century don't grow up to be scientists, especially those who are needed at home. Each night when her papa sweeps the sky with his telescope, Maria sweeps the floor below, imagining all the strange...
Book cover of Our Kansas Home
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008

Danger Close To Home Papa is in danger for helping to rescue a free-state settler who was unjustly arrested by Kansas's proslavery sheriff. He has gone into hiding, and Momma and the Keller children are alone in their remote cabin while marauding border ruffians are roaming the countryside,...
Book cover of Girl Wonder

Girl Wonder

A Baseball Story in Nine Innings (with audio recording)

by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013

Inspired by the life of pioneering female baseball player Alta Weiss, and dramatized by Terry Widener’s bold illustrations, Girl Wonder tells the unforgettable story of a true American original. Alta Weiss was born to play baseball, simple as that. From the age of two, when she hurls a corncob...
Book cover of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012

This Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and...
Book cover of A Boy Called Dickens
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012

For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours in a rat-infested blacking factory....
Book cover of Who Was Charles Darwin?
by Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2005

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts...
Book cover of Knit Your Bit

Knit Your Bit

A World War I Story

by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013

Mikey’s dad has left home to fight overseas during World War I, and Mikey wants to do something BIG to help. When his teacher suggests that the class participate in a knitting bee in Central Park to knit clothing for the troops, Mikey and his friends roll their eyes—knitting is for girls! But...
Book cover of Pioneer Summer
by Deborah Hopkinson, Patrick Faricy
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010

Westward Ho! Congress has ruled that settlers in Kansas Territory will decide whether Kansas will enter the Union as a free or a slave state. Charlie Keller's papa is an abolitionist, and he's moving the family to Kansas so he can cast his vote for freedom. Papa and Momma, big sister Ida Jane, even...
Book cover of Cabin in the Snow
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010

STORMS ARE BREWING When Charlie and Papa arrive in Lawrence for supplies, they find the bustling Kansas town threatened by border ruffians from proslave Missouri. Papa decides to remain behind with other free-soil settlers to defend the town, so Charlie must drive the wagon back to the family's isolated...
Book cover of A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
by Deborah Hopkinson
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016

From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City. Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken...
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