Books written by Elisa Carbone
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Blood on the River: James Town 1607
If my soul had gone out of my body , I'd have left the rolling of the ship , the stench in the closed - up ' tween deck , the rats that sometimes scuttle over my face in the night . I'd have left this living shoulder to shoulder with a ...
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Sarah and the Naked Truth
While ten-year-old Sarah faces some challenges after losing most of her hair in a bubble gum accident, her closest friends Christina and Olivia deal with identity issues of their own, and in the end all learn to stand up to others in order ...
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Teaching Large Classes: Tools and Strategies
Full of examples taken from many different disciplines, Teaching Large Classes will be an ideal companion for any teacher facing the challenge of the large introductory class.
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Poison in the Colony: James Town 1622
The fascinating companion title to the award-winning historical novel Blood on the River: James Town 1607.
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Diana's White House Garden
In 1943, 10-year-old Diana Hopkins, the daughter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's chief advisor, helped inspire and create the first White House Victory Garden.
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Night Running
An author’s note describes the real life inspiration behind the book: James Smith, a slave who escaped with the help of his dog and went on to become a farmer and Baptist minister.
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Diana's White House Garden
From award-winning author Elisa Carbone comes the true story of how Diana Hopkins started her own Victory Garden on the White House lawn under the tutelage of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Teaching Large Classes: Tools and Strategies
Full of examples taken from many different disciplines, Teaching Large Classes will be an ideal companion for any teacher facing the challenge of the large introductory class.
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Poison in the Colony: James Town 1622
The fascinating companion title to the award-winning historical novel Blood on the River: James Town 1607.
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Storm Warriors
Driven from his home by the Ku Klux Klan and still reeling from the death of his mother, Nathan moves with his father and grandfather to the desolate Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina to start a new life.
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The Pack
Suddenly Becky isn’t sure what’s more shocking—Akhil’s secret, or the chilling reason why he must reveal it. Elisa Carbone weaves a tale of intrigue that will enthrall any reader.
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Heroes of the Surf
Elisa Carbone imagines what it was like for two boys on that ship: waking up in the middle of the night, waves crashing over the side, the storm too big to lower the lifeboats.
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Stealing Freedom
Twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems works from sunup to sundown, wraps rags around her feet in the winter, and must do whatever her master or mistress orders--but she has something that many plantation slaves don't have.
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Starting School with an Enemy
Author Elisa Carbone bursts onto the middle-grade scene with a laugh-out-loud story of a girl who tackles life head-on. Ten-year-old Sarah definitely has an attitude. But who can blame her?
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Blood on the River: James Town, 1607
Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London.