Quotes from Mary Pope Osborne

Many are the hearts               that are weary tonight,        Wishing for the war to cease Ã¢â'¬Â¦

moving!" A huge roar came from the crowd. The players

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln convinced Congress to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery throughout the nation. 4)

The cloth sack had turned back into his backpack.

Brother Patrick's rosy face turned white. "Make haste!" he said to the other monks. "Gather the books and hide.

Take it," he said. "Are you sure?" Jack asked. He knew it was Brother Michael's life's work. "Please," said Brother Michael. "It is better that the world should have some of it than none at all. Just in case…

All the books in the Imperial Library will be burned," he said. "That's rotten!" said Annie. "Indeed it is!" the scholar said quietly.

He bowed to show his respect. "Thank you," said Jack and Annie. They bowed back to him.

We have a gymnasium at our school in Frog Creek," said Jack. "We call it a gym." "People all over the world copy us Greeks," Plato said.

Next they passed a beautiful statue of a winged lady. "Who's that?" said Jack. "She's Nike, the goddess of victory," said Plato.

This is the temple of Zeus. And that is a statue of Zeus himself," said Plato. "The Olympic Games are played in his honor. He is the chief god of the Greek gods and goddesses.

So let's not tell anyone," said Annie. "Dad won't believe it," said

Annie kissed each of the little

Annie!" Jack yelled. He hurried down to her. "Annie!" When Annie and Roberto turned and saw Jack, they waved happily. "Oh, Jack

But he thought he could hear the beating of giant wings, somewhere high above.

mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.

Plato Plato the philosopher lived in ancient Greece in the fourth century B.C. Plato founded a school called the Academy. In both his teachings and his writings, Plato explored the best way for a government to be set up. His ideas are still talked about today.

The party does sound fun

page and stared at Annie's sparkly drawing of the

Annie patted the dog's head. He wagged his tail. "He's so cute," she said. "He looks like a little teddy bear. Hi, Teddy.

They're all amazingly nice

Late at night, on April 14, 1912, an English ocean liner was making her first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. She was going to New York City. Carrying 2,200 passengers, the ship was four city blocks long. Most people believed the ship was unsinkable

Cool," said Jack. Florence tucked Jack's blanket tighter around him. "There, soldier. Warmer now?

After the Titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40 P.M., the ship's radio operator sent out an SOS. An SOS is the international distress signal in Morse code. Unfortunately, the only ship near the Titanic had turned off its radio for the night. All the other ships who received the message were too far away to help. When the Titanic sank around 2:20 A.M., she was all alone.