Steven Otfinoski

Provides strategies and encouraging tips for speaking in social situations, reading aloud, presenting oral reports, and making speeches of all kinds.

This book explores the geography, history, people, government, and economy of the Green Mountain State.

"Provides gripping accounts of Army servicemen and servicewomen who showed exceptional courage during combat"--

A biography of the Soviet dictator, who, under the guise of communism and reform of a discontented society, was responsible for the murder of fifty million people and incalculable suffering by his countrymen.

"In a narrative nonfiction format, follows people who experienced the assassination of John F. Kennedy"--

"In a narrative nonfiction format, follows people who experienced the sinking of Titanic"--

"Explains the Hindenburg disaster, including its chronology, causes, and lasting effects"--

Surveys the history, geography, government, and economy of the Old Line State as well as the diverse ways of life of its people.

"On May 31, 1889, heavy rains and a dam failure sent flood waters sweeping into Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The 50-foot-high wall of water quickly demolished much of the town. Will you and your new husband be able to escape certain doom as you wait for your train to leave the station? Can you climb onto your house's roof for safety before the building completely fills with water? Will you join in the effort to save others who are floating by on the roofs...