Résultats pour "Courage" dans Fiction historique

When Bree learns that her brother, Devin, her sister, Keely, and her friend, Lil, will set out for Ireland, she longs to go with them. Instead, Mikkel asks her to be a cook for voyage to Greenland. Somehow her excellent food becomes inedible and the Vikings think she's trying to sabotage their voyage.

In the early dawn hours of September 8, 1939, 10-year-old Dina Frydman sits at her bedroom window, watching storm clouds blacken the horizon. Nightmares have kept her awake all night. She hears a distant rumble as the tanks roll into Radom. The Nazis have conquered Poland and nothing will ever be the same. Dina and her family prepare for the worst. But they could never imagine what the worst would be.

En esta novela vertiginosa que Stephen Crane completó con solo veinticuatro años de edad, un joven se alista como voluntario en la Guerra de Secesión movido por sus ideales de heroísmo. Sin embargo, la batalla pronto deja de ser un escenario romántico para convertirse en un infierno de miedo, fango y desesperación, cuya descripción impresionista Crane conjuga magistralmente con las dudas individuales.

The year is 1818. Rodrigo DeSilva is 12 years old, and he has just landed in Monterey, California. Here, he meets Kahulpana, a member of the Esselen tribe of Native Americans. Follow the adventures of Rodrigo and Kahulpana as they learn about each others' culture and defend the presidio against a land and sea attack by privateers!