Books with author Joseph Sherman

The Arctic, the far, frozen north, can be a very dangerous place for people to visit. The Arctic is almost always bitter cold, with temperatures that can go far below -50°F and be in total darkness for four months out of a year. Terrible storms sweep across the ice and snow, and great crevasses, perilous openings in the ice, can swallow the unlucky traveler. By the early 1900s, many expeditions had tried to reach the farthest point north, the North Pole, but all of them had failed. Many explorers had died. Tales spread that no one could reach the North Pole. They warned that the land was cursed. But in the early twentieth century, two men decided to brave the Arctic again. They were Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson. And they were determined to do what no one had ever done. They were going to reach the North Pole.

Science fiction is all around us. Fantasy fiction is just as widely known in today's world of entertainment. But what few readers of science fiction and fantasy realize is that these stories of wizards and starships have much older roots in the world of folklore. Cultures throughout the world share certain references. Every culture has heroes who must fulfill great quests

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the son and grandson of racecar drivers. When he was a young man everyone was sure he would be a racecar driver too. They were sure that he was going to follow in the footsteps of his father, champion NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. But Dale Sr. was killed in a crash, when everyone wondered if Dale Jr. would lose his nerve. Would he be afraid to race again? It would be up to Dale Jr. to prove that he too, is a true champion.

When he was a little boy, Shaquille O'Neal hated being so tall. He didn't like standing out from all the other kids. When he was only thirteen, Shaq was already as tall as a grown man. His father told him that someday he would be proud of his height. Shaq didn't know how that could be. But he had a love of basketball, and a great talent as a player. In his very first year as a professional basketball player, Shaq knew that his father had been right. Now Shaquille O'Neal would show everyone that the boy who had been too tall had become a true superstar of basketball.