Mysterious Bones: The Story of Kennewick Man by Katherine Kirkpatrick

"The piercing roar of hydroplanes split the air over the shallow, muddy river."

Topics: Kennewick Man.
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- Washington (State)
Cultural Property -- Repatriation -- United States.
Indians of North America -- Origin. Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Antiquities. Washington (State) -- Antiquities.

Holiday House; 60 pages

Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin

"In the spring of 1903, Sadie Frowne, age thirteen, and her mother sailed into New York Harbor aboard a steamship crowded with immigrants from Europe."

Contents: Prelude : from the ashes -- Huddled masses -- Into the magic cauldron -- Flesh and blood so cheap -- An overflow of suffering : uprising of the 20,000 -- The third gate : fire at the triangle -- A stricken conscience -- The price of liberty.

Alfred A. Knopf; 182 pages

Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider by Jean Fritz

"Alexander Hamilton should have been born in his grandfather's fogbound castle on the west coast of Scotland, the same castle where his father, James, had been born, along with James's three older brothers."

Summary: Biography of America's first Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Includes bibliographical references and index.


G.P. Putnam's Sons; 144 pages

Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal

"Sometime after 10 A.M. on this shivery-cold and windy Chicago morning, seven men gathered in a nondescript garage warehouse on Clark Street."

Contents: The little sheppard -- Hot and cold water -- Home destroyers and defenders -- A nation divides -- War! -- Dry! -- Milk and moonshine -- Snorky and Scarface -- Wet, again -- Epilogue: success or failure?


Roaring Brook Press; 154 pages

Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature by George Sullivan

"In 1863, as the Civil War was approaching its midpoint and the North still agonized over its disastrous defeat in Virginia at Fredericksburg, an unusual event crowded all news of the conflict off the front pages of many newspapers across the nation."

Contents: A man in miniature -- The prince of humbugs -- Makeover -- On stage -- Command performance -- A royal treat -- Growing up -- Lavinia -- Touring together -- Superstar



Clarion Books; 200 pages

They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

"In the spring of 1865, as rain softened the hard ground, plenty of work was found for every pair of hands on the Williams plantation in Camden, Arkansas, despite the Civil War, which was still raging at the end of its fourth year."

Contents: A note to the reader -- "Bottom rail top" -- "Boys, let us get up a club" -- "I was killed at Chickamauga" -- "Worms would have been eating me now -- "They say a man ought not to vote" -- "I am going to die on this land" -- "A whole race trying to go to school" -- "They must have somebody to guide them" -- "Forced by force, to use force" -- "The sacredness of the human person" -- Epilogue : "it tuck a long time" -- Civil rights time line.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 172 pages

The War to End All Wars - World War I by Russell Freedman

"Those who lived through World War I called it the Great War because of its massive scale: some two dozen countries joined the conflict, which swept across continents and killed perhaps 20 million people."

Contents:

Murder in Sarajevo -- Armed to the teeth -- To Berlin! To Paris! -- "The most terrible August in the history of the world" -- Stalemate -- The technology of death and destruction -- Life and death in the trenches -- Over the top -- The Battle of Verdun -- The Battle of the Somme -- The war at sea -- Mutiny, revolution, and the collapse of armies -- "Lafayette, we are here!" : America joins the fight -- The last offensive and the collapse of empires -- Losing the peace.=

Publisher: Clarion Books; 176 pages

The Great and Only Barnum - The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum by Candace Fleming

"He was P.T. Barnum -- known far and wide for his bearded ladies and skeleton collections; his midgets and three-ring circuses; his wax museums, jumbo elephants, dancing bears, and mermaids."

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Abstract: Biography of P.T. Barnum, showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 in. tall) and his tinier bride (32 in.); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy.

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books; 152 pages

Sacred Mountain Everest by Christine Taylor-Butler

"On the border between Nepal and Tibet lies a mountain of unparalleled beauty and immense power."

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Abstract: A cultural, geological, and ecological history of Mount Everest focusing on the indigenous Sherpa and their spiritual connection to the mountain, record-setting multinational climbing expeditions, and the effects of tourism on the environment. Illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and timelines.

Publisher: Lee & Low; 48 pages

Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery & the Civil War Through Reconstruction by Linda Barrett Osborne

"Countries have stories to tell, just as people do."

Summary: In association with the Library of Congress. "From the perspective of those who lived through a time of pain, strife, and hope comes a powerful message for Black History Month and all year long." Told through unforgettable first-person accounts from slave narratives, journals, diaries, and other sources--much of it never before published for young people--this book is an overview of the antebellum South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1800 to 1877. The perspectives of children and adults who lived through this time and witnessed its significant events are provided alongside photographs, engravings, news clippings, and other archival material held in the collections of the Library of Congress, and offer a poignant message for readers. A bibliography and an index round out the many offerings of this important addition to black history books for young readers.

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 128 pages

Almost Astronauts - 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

"July 1999

One woman stands alone, off to the side of the crowd."

Contents include: "T minus thirty-eight years" -- "I jumped at the offer" -- "Not a meaningful test!" -- "Mommy's going to the moon!" -- "It was too good to be true" -- "Regret to advise" -- "Let's stop this now!" -- "Jerrie Cobb isn't running this program. I am!" -- "The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes" -- "NASA never had any intention of putting those women in space" -- "We want to see a woman driving the bus, not sitting in the back" -- "I am living proof that dreams do come true."

Candlewick Press; 133 pages

Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson

"It looked like a bad day for photographers."

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Note to the Reader: "This story is true. All the characters are real and were alive during the great manhunt of April 1865. Their words are authentic. In fact, all text appearing within quotation marks comes from original sources: letters, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, government reports, pamphlets, books, and other documents. What happened in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1865, and in the swamps and rivers, forests and fields of Maryland and Virginia during the next twelve days, is far too incredible to have been made up." — James Swanson

Publisher: Scholastic Press; 196 pages

Charles and Emma - The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

"In the summer of 1838, in his rented rooms on Great Marlborough Street, London, Charles Darwin drew a line down the middle of a piece of scrap paper."

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Abstract: Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence. Includes bibliographical references (p.260-262) and index.

Publisher: Henry Holt; 268 pages

Knuckleheads - Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka

I grew up in Flint, Michigan, with my five brothers -- Jim, Tom, Gregg, Brian, and What's-His-Name.

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Abstract: How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.

Publisher: Viking; 106 pages

I Am Scout - The Biography of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields

"Get Offa him!" Nelle roared.

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Abstract: This biography tells the story of how Harper Lee struggled to become an author and created one of the most popular novels of the 20th century. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Henry Holt and Company; 245 pages

The Trouble Begins at 8 by Sid Fleischman

"Mark Twain was born fully grown,
with a cheap cigar clamped between his teeth."

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Abstract: Here, in high style, is the story of a wisecracking adventurer who came of age in the untamed West. A rebel who surprised himself by becoming the most famous American of his time.

Greenwillow Books; 224 pages

Pale Male - Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman

"One crisp autumn day in 1991, a red-tailed hawk flew across the Hudson River from New Jersey."

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Abstract: A red tail hawk and his mate build their nest near the top of a Fifth Avenue apartment building and bird watchers gather hoping to see the chicks in the nest.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; unpaged

We Are the Ship - The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson

"Seems like we've been playing baseball for a mighty long time."

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Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.

Publisher: Jump at the Sun - Hyperion; 88 pages