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Because he has the same name and birthday as George Washington, a young boy wants everything else in his life just like George, but he cannot find out what Washington ate for breakfast.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0698116119
ISBN-13: 9780698116115
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In the midst of a backyard camp-out, 10-year-old Matt, and four other children, find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington, and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0785701923
ISBN-13: 9780785701927
The 1955 kidnapping, and murder, of 14-year-old Emmett Till, in Mississippi, is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Chris Crowe investigates the crime, and its aftermath, as well as the dramatic court trial, and places it into the context of the Civil Rights Movement.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0803728042
ISBN-13: 9780803728042
Twelve-year-old Benjy, in Virginia visiting his grandmother, meets the ghost of a Virginia Military Institute cadet, who was killed in the Battle of the New Market, in 1864, and helps to recover his family's treasured gold watch.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0590452444
Seikei, the son of a tea merchant, wants more than anything to become a samurai in 18th century Japan. One night, while staying at an inn with his father, he witnesses a ghostly figure stealing a great jewel at the Tokaido Inn. When Seikei tells one of Japan's greatest detectives, Judge Ooka, what he saw during the night, Judge Ooka takes him under his wing. Together they attempt to solve the mystery of, not only who stole the enormous ruby, but what the thief's true intentions are. While tracking the thief, Seikei begins to learn the ways of the Samurai, eventually joining a kabuki acting troop, and experienceing many adventures. Book one in The Samurai Mysery series.
Similar books: Blue Fingers by Cheryl Aylward Whitesel; Samurai Spirit: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life by Burt Konzak
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0142405418
ISBN-13: 9780142405413
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