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A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
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"What is it about African wars that is so disturbing? Why do they unsettle us so? . . . The great benefit of Ishmael Beah's memoir,
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makes you wonder how anyone comes through such unrelenting ghastliness and horror with his humanity and sanity intact. Unusually, the smiling, open face of the author on the book jacket provides welcome and timely reassurance. Ishmael Beah seems to prove it can happen."—
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This I Believe
The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds.
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"To hold this range of beliefs in the palm of your hand is as fine, as grounding, as it was hearing them first on the radio. Heartfelt, deeply cherished beliefs, doctrines for living (yet none of them doctrinaire). Ideas and ideals that nourish. You can see it in their faces, in the photos in this book. And read it in their words. I'm so proud that NPR helped carry this Edward R. Murrow tradition into a new century. And so glad to have it in print, to encounter again and again."—
Susan Stamberg, special correspondent, National Public Radio
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All But My Life
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Gerda Weissmann Klein
Hill and Wang
"Soul searching and human . . . A moving personal testament to courage."—
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The New York Times
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A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo
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The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago. In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang...
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Hole in My Life
Jack Gantos
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"This true tale of the worst year in the author's life will be a big surprise for his many fans . . .This is a story of mistakes, dues, redemption, and finally...
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A People's History of American Empire
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Howard Zinn; Paul Buhle; Mike Konopacki
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"At the heart of this wide-ranging comics indictment of American Empire are the terrific human stories of those who have resisted—including wonderful autobiographical episodes from author Howard Zinn's own courageous and inspiring life."—
Joe Sacco, author of
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The United States Constitution
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Jonathan Hennessey; Art by Aaron McConnell
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"Author Jonathan Hennessey and artist Aaron McConnell have successfully combined their talents to create an exceptional and reader-friendly graphic novel.
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would be an outstanding addition to any government or history classroom, as well as to any classroom or library that uses graphic novels."—
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Mockingbird
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Charles J. Shields
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"This biography will not disappoint those who loved the novel and feisty, independent, fiercely loyal Scout, in whom Harper Lee put so much of herself."—
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Anne Frank
The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón
Hill and Wang
"It is important to me to teach about the Holocaust in a way that puts it into historical context, portrays how brutal it actually was, and makes it personal, all at the same time.
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, does all of this in one compelling, hard-to-put-down volume . . . My challenge as a teacher . . . is always to find the most engaging resources and to make them accessible to my students. Whatever we are studying, I want it to come to life for students, in all of its complexity. [This book] presents a story about the life of Anne Frank, and puts it into historical context."—
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The 9/11 Report
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Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón; Foreword by Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton
Hill and Wang
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takes a document that is more than 500 pages long and often difficult to penetrate and makes it accessible to a much wider audience—tightening the narrative and increasing the spectacle without the fictionalization . . . The finished product is so solid that Sept. 11 commission Chairman Thomas Kean went from skepticism about a Sept. 11 report comic book to writing the foreword."—
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We Were There, Too!
Young People in U.S. History
Phillip Hoose
Melanie Kroupa Books
"This may be the most exhilarating and revelatory history of our country. It is the heroism of our young, hitherto unwritten, often told in their own words, from a teenager sailing with Columbus to a kid with AIDS. Phil Hoose has done a remarkable piece of detective work. It is MUST reading for today's youth—as well as their elders."—
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Upon the Head of the Goat
A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944
Aranka Siegal
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Escape from Slavery
The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America
Francis Bok with Edward Tivnan
St. Martin's Griffin
"Bok takes the Sudanese government and world leaders to task for their indifference to his people's suffering. Although he at first was an unwilling ambassador, he has become a leading voice for the antislavery movement in the United States."—
Detroit News and Free Press
"A touching modern-day slave narrative that is more than just an account of [Bok's] journey from childhood to manhood under the worst of circumstances . . . Pages of historical details are eye-opening and provide a glimpse into what can happen when religion is the impetus in the governing of a nation . . . An informative, inspiring read."—
The Boston Globe
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We Just Want To Live Here
A Palestinian Teenager, an Israeli Teenager, An Unlikely Friendship
Amal Rifa'i and Odelia Ainbinder with Sylke Tempel
St. Martin's Griffin
"The letters exchanged between Amal and Odelia are profoundly moving. The conflict between Jews and Arabs has been described in countless books and argued in unending polemics, but here, in the letters between these two eighteen-year-old women, an Arab and a Jew, is the heartbreaking essence of the quarrel. It is the battle of two rights; the Palestinians who have been made into semi-strangers in their homeland and the Jews who have no other place which is central to their history, and which is always ready to receive Jews in flights from persecution. In these letters (an idea brilliantly conceived and carried through by Sylke Tempel) Amal and Odelia educate each other. The conclude together that their two peoples cannot continue to make war. They must agree that the are destined, perhaps even condemned, to live together in the land, as first in two separate states and ultimately, in growing comradeship. This is the book for anyone who wants to feel and understand the emotions on both sides. It will become a classic."—
Arthur Hertzberg, author of
A Jew in America: My Life and a People's Struggle for Identity
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Charles and Emma
The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Deborah Heiligman
Henry Holt and Co.
"In this courtship and marriage biography, the author examines an unlikely but powerful bond between cousins, the
Origins of the Species
scientist and the religious devotee love of his life. Beginning with Darwin's 'to marry or not to marry' pro/con lists through Emma editing Charles' autobiography so that it would be less 'offensive,' the couple provided for each other sounding board, respected opposition, and beloved soulmate . . . The volume provides a unique blend of romance, scientific observations, explanations of medical practices prevalent in the early-nineteenth century, and opportunities to examine scientific discoveries and religious beliefs in detail."—
Patti Sylvester Spencer,
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Malcolm X
A Graphic Biography
Written by Andrew Helfer; Art by Randy DuBurke
Hill and Wang
"Helfer and DuBurke convey the life of Malcolm X in a dignified, enlightening and entertaining manner . . . Educators seeking vibrant material, as well as young Americans besotted with contemporary pop culture should snatch up copies of this brilliant volume."—
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My Sisters' Voices
Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out
Iris Jacob
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"A volume that intersperses short poems and prose selections written by teens of color from all over the country . . . The writers speak about the issues that matter most to teens (self-image, family, sex, love, abuse, pride, education, courage, race, and beauty), and Jacob's voice in her general introduction is clear and completely her own—direct, insightful, angry, and alternately adolescent and adult."—
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Navigators: Stars and Planets
Navigators
Mike Goldsmith, illustrated by Steve Stone
Kingfisher
This intergalactic travelogue takes space lovers where they have never gone before. They visit Mars, disappear inside a black hole, dodge asteroids, and...
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Navigators: Human Body
Navigators
Miranda Smith, illustrated by Alex Pang
Kingfisher
Travel from head to toe and all the parts in between in this visually spectacular guide to the inner workings of the human body. DNA, muscles, blood...
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Navigators: Planet Earth
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By Barbara Taylor
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Given today’s concern with the state of the environment, an understanding of the forces that shape Earth has never been more important for young readers....
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