Seek" is a novel in dialogue that can be read or performed. Newbery Award winner Fleischman creates a symphonic weave of voices and memories that traces a 17-year-old boy's search for his father.
This groundbreaking bilingual anthology, carefully designed for middle readers, demonstrates the energy, creativity, and diversity of the fastest-growing minority group in America. "Wachale!" (Spanglish for "watch out!") includes folk tales, stories, and poems in both English and Spanish and brief autobiographical essays by both well-established and emerging Latino writers.
In 911: The Book of Help, award-winning writers share their responses to the September 11, 2001 tragedy and describe the heroism of those who first rushed to help. The works in 911 are donated, and 50 percent of the net proceeds will go to a charity assisting children and spouses of victims.
The Underground Railroad was meant to be a set of secret pathways, but its traces have been obscured by time. The authors, Coretta Scott King Honor winners, show how archaeologists and historians sift through corn cobs and root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct those heroic journeys.
A heartfelt and revealing profile of one of America's most celebrated photojournalists, this book recounts how Schulke built a career out of his passion for documenting social change. Full-color illustrations, 60 B&W, photos, map.
It's 1915, and Taf is fleeing an abusive home, terrified that she has accidentally killed her stepbrother. Her escape quickly becomes a quest as she sets out to find her long-missing father. Chance and scraps of memory guide her to Pendleton, Oregon. There she meets a boy who hides her, an old woman with second sight, and a beautiful half-Chinese, half-Nez Perce youth. She also faces hard choices: she can follow the inner voice that urges her ...
Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony is one of the most popular classical works ever. In this spirited account of the story behind the composition, Joseph Horowitz brings to life the diverse musical and cultural influences that inspired the composer, who came from Czechoslovakia to America in 1892. Listening to his assistant, Henry Burleigh, sing slave songs, and visiting Wild West shows and the Kickapoo Medicine Show gave Dvorak the raw materi...
Well-known authors of children's and young adult books contribute insights and experiences on the theme of help in this collection of essays, accounts, and meditations that respond to the events on September 11, 2001. Includes works by Newbery Medal and Honor winners Susan Cooper, Russell Freeman, Avi, Katherine Paterson, National Book Award winner Virginia Euwer Wolff, and many other contributors. Illustrations.
This National Book Award finalist is now in paperback. Growing up in foster care, Del pens a one-woman play about a Los Angeles traffic jam, providing readers with a backstage pass into a young playwright's psyche as her play parallels her own life.
This fresh and funny collection of poems feature the wise musings of such notables as Walt Whitman, John Updike, Lucille Clifton, and Gelett Burgess. Vecchione presents a selection of verses with rhythms, themes, and wordplay that will appeal to middle graders. An introduction includes tips for teaching children how to memorize poems.
