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Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
Sid Fleischman (2008), 224 pages
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Mark Twain wrote two of America's greatest novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His own life was full of excitement and adventure. From Mark's boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri through his adventures in the wild west and his world travels, Sid Fleischman tells the story of how Samuel Clemens became the celebrated author Mark Twain.
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 2/14/2011
ISBN-10: 006134432X
ISBN-13: 9780061344329
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Thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself the only passenger on a transatlantic voyage in 1832. Within hours of sailing, a dagger is placed in her hand by the ship's cook 'for her own protection.' All too soon she learns the need for the dagger, even as she learns to her horror that it's a weapon to be used against her!
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0380728850
ISBN-13: 9780380728855
When Turtle's mother finds a job as a live-in housekeeper in New Jersey she accepts it even though they don't allow children. It is 1935 and jobs are very difficult to find. Turtle is sent to live with her aunt and uncontrollable boy cousins in Key West. Everything is very different here. No one wears shoes and scorpions are common. She meets a long lost grandmother and possibly her true father. A treasure map hidden in an old piano leads her and the boys on a nearly deadly adventure as a storm rips the island they are stranded on. Just as soon as Turtle thinks all her dreams have come true, they're crushed by a man that she and her mother trusted.
Awards nominated: 2013 Rebecca Caudill Nominee
Reviewed by: rn
Date read: 10/5/2012
ISBN-13: 9780375836886
Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But, through a twist of fate, he lands on the island of Krakatoa in the Pacific Ocean, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions. The volcano, Krakatoa, blew up just after he left it, and he was picked up three weeks later in the Atlantic Ocean clinging to the wreckage of twenty balloons. Read Professor Sherman's amazing story of his most incredible journey. This book won the Newbery Medal in 1948.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/12/2009
ISBN-10: 0670734411
ISBN-13: 9780670734412
Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Kathryn Lasky (2003), 48 pages
Illustrated by Nneka Bennett
Audience: 2nd Grade - 5th Grade
Born just after the Civil War, Sarah Breedlove knew the hardships of being a sharecropper when she was young. In her twenties, her hair started falling out, and she wanted to stop this before she became entirely bald. After trying others' remedies, she decided to make her own, and succeeded. This gave her the idea of helping other African - American women with the same problem, and she began selling her products door-to-door. Along with selling hair products, she also preached the ideas of pride and self-reliance. She married Mr. Charles Walker, and decided to name her company Madam C. J. Walker, since 'Madam' sounded French, and gave an air of sophistication. When she became a great success, she gave back to her community, by founding a large cultural center in Indianapolis, among other projects.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0763618349
ISBN-13: 9780763618346
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