Books with author Christine Platt

Thanks to the faith and hard work of Katie Durham, Willow King no longer has badly twisted legs. After painstaking training, the colt has gained the strength to compete in major races–and Katie is determined to prove he’s a champion. Unfortunately, her new ambition presents her with the most nerve-racking challenge of her life:earning a jockey’s license and riding Willow King in the Kentucky Derby. This inspiring story, a sequel to the author’s award-winning first novel, is based on her real experiences as a jockey, groom, and assistant horse trainer.

It is one of a series which takes a fresh look at history by using original documents as the starting point for studying major events or periods in the past. Christine Hatt draws on a wide range of sources, from diaries and letters to speeches and legal documents. Each extract is set in context and is fully annotated. They have been set in modern type for legibility, but photographs of the original documents are also shown.

An exploration of the various debates surrounding the African-American slave trade. As well as describing the causes and events in the main text, this title consists of three different kinds of panels that appear throughout - the first examining events in question, the second examining key people (eg politicians), the third following the "what if?" approach, for this title, "what if there had been no American Civil War?" Split into thematically-based chapters, the book clearly and logically examines the many questions raised both at the time of the slave trade, and since, with facts and opinions from leading historians.