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2007

SAMURAI SHORTSTOP

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Gratz
Author's First Name: 
Alan
Publisher: 
Dial
Publication Date: 
2006

In Tokyo during the 1890s, sixteen-year-old Toyo struggles with the clash between western influences and the traditional bushido (samurai) values of his country and his father. Eventually, baseball and bushido help him connect the ancient values of Japan with the modern world.

EMIL AND KARL

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Glatscheyn
Author's First Name: 
Yankev
Second Author's First Name: 
Jeffrey
Second Author's Last Name: 
Shandler (translator)
Publisher: 
Roaring Brook
Publication Date: 
2006

Two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish, one not, survive in an increasingly volatile Vienna as the Nazis gain power. First published in Yiddish in 1940, the Polish author’s powerful story underscores for today’s children the prevalence of persecution in Europe.

5,000 MILES TO FREEDOM: ELLEN AND WILLIAM CRAFT'S FLIGHT FROM SLAVERY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Fradin
Author's First Name: 
Judith Bloom
Second Author's First Name: 
Dennis Brindell
Second Author's Last Name: 
Fradin
Publisher: 
National Geographic Society
Publication Date: 
2006

To escape slavery in 1848, Ellen Craft disguised herself as an ailing but wealthy young white man traveling to Philadelphia by train and steamboat with a personal slave (her husband William). Primary sources and period photographs document this engrossing story.

ESCAPE! THE STORY OF THE GREAT HOUDINI

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Fleischman
Author's First Name: 
Sid
Publisher: 
Greenwillow
Publication Date: 
2006

The author, a former magician, brings wry humor and personal insight to this account of Houdini’s egomaniacal quest to become the greatest of all magicians. Houdini’s remarkable showmanship kept the public focused on his feats and will keep young readers equally spellbound.

BLOOD ON THE RIVER: JAMES TOWN 1607

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Carbone
Author's First Name: 
Elisa Lynn
Publisher: 
Viking
Publication Date: 
2006

Seamlessly integrating primary sources with fast-paced adventure, this riveting novel reveals the early history of Jamestown through the eyes of Samuel Collier, Captain John Smith’s page.

ASK ME NO QUESTIONS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Budhos
Author's First Name: 
Marina
Publisher: 
Ginee Seo
Publication Date: 
2006

In a timely, realistic story, fourteen-year-old Nadira strives to keep her illegal immigrant family from Bangladesh together after 9/11 when Muslim registration laws led to her father's incarceration and their near deportation.

FREEDOM RIDERS: JOHN LEWIS AND JIM ZWERG ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Bausum
Author's First Name: 
Ann
Publisher: 
National Geographic Society
Publication Date: 
2006

This moving biography shows how two young men, one African American and one white, braved intense opposition from both society and family to defend their powerful dreams of equal rights. Archival photographs reveal the violence of this era in American history.

LOOKING FOR BAPU

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Banerjee
Author's First Name: 
Anjali
Publisher: 
Wendy Lamb
Publication Date: 
2006

Distressed by his grandfather Bapu’s death after 9/11, eight-year-old Anu makes several humorous attempts from shaving his head to consulting a magician in his effort to contact Bapu spiritually.

DIZZY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Winter
Author's First Name: 
Jonah
Illustrator's First Name: 
Sean
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Qualls
Publisher: 
Arthur A. Levine
Publication Date: 
2006

Experienced in breaking rules since childhood, Dizzy Gillespie broke the rules of music as an adult by creating bebop. Swinging, swooping collage illustrations with thick paint lines in cool 1950s colors extend this jazzy book‘s theme.

FLOTSAM

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Wiesner
Author's First Name: 
David
Publisher: 
Clarion
Publication Date: 
2006

Multiple surprises unfold after a boy finds an old camera on the beach and develops the film in it. The nearly wordless, eloquent pictures invite repeated viewings.

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