PROPHET

700.411 Aro

Aronson, Marc. Art attack : a short cultural history of the avant-garde. New

York: Clarion Books, [1998].

Note: Discusses the arts, life styles, politics, and fashions while tracing the

story of bohemians, radicals, hipsters, and hippies from Paris in the

nineteenth century to contemporary America.

796.357 Mck pbk.

McKissack, Pat and McKissack, Fredrick. Black diamond : the story of the Negro

baseball leagues. New York: Scholastic/Polaris, [1998, 1994].

Note: Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes,

including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.

973.049 MYE pbk.

Myers, Walter Dean. Now is your time! The African-American struggle for freedom. New York: HarperCollins, [1992].

Note: Fired by the legacy of men and women like Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, Ida B. Wells, and George Latimer, the struggle continues today. Here is African-American history, told through the stories of the people whose experiences have shaped and continue to shape the America in which we live.

Q 070.435 FLA

Zoeller, Chuck. Flash! : The Associated Press covers the world. New York, N.Y:

The Associated Press in association with Harry N. Abrams, [1998].

Note: More than 150 of the Associated Press's greatest photographers, including many Pulitzer Prize winners, are brought together in this moving and historic record of the major events and personalities of the 20th century.

B EINSTEIN

Goldenstern, Joyce. Albert Einstein, physicist and genius. Enslow Publishers,

[1995].

Note: Joyce presents a clear overview of the subject's scientific life and includes five experiments and activities to familiarize readers with concepts that are necessary to understanding his work. Illustrations consist of unremarkable black-and-white photographs and a few diagrams.

B EINSTEIN

Severance, John B. Einstein : visionary scientist. New York: Clarion Books,

[1999].

Note: Discusses the life of Einstein including many interesting facts about his childhood, violin lessons and his label as a genius.

B Gan

Martin, Christopher. Mohandas Gandhi. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner, [2001].

Note: Details the life of India's most noted spiritual leader, Mohandas Gandhi.

B GANDHI

Furbee, Mary and Furbee, Mike. Mohandas Gandhi. San Diego, Calif: Lucent Books,

[2000].

Note: Discusses the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the well-known and much revered

social reformer and non-violent protestor, including his childhood and early

years, his work to end discrimination in India, the passive resistance

movement he led, his role in South Africa, and his legacy.

B GANDHI

Severance, John B. Gandhi: Great Soul. New York: Clarion, [1997].

Note: The biography begins with an introduction to Gandhi's message and gives a brief overview of the mahatma's personal evolution as well as India's external and internal struggles. He then chronicles Gandhi's life as an upper-middle-class Indian boy, who went on to be educated in British schools. Gandhi's loyalty to the British Empire eroded as he faced discrimination in South Africa, where he worked as a lawyer, and government opposition in his native India. Severance details Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha, or peaceful resistance, which led to independence for India and later to the U.S. civil rights movement.

B HUG

Hill, Christine M. Langston Hughes : Poet of the Harlem Renaissance.

Springfield, NJ: Enslow, [1997].

Note: Surveys the private life and literary accomplishments of the writer whose

varied works reflect the traditions, feelings, and experiences of African

Americans.

B KIN

Schuman, Michael A. Martin Luther King, Jr : Leader for Civil Rights. Berkeley

Heights, NJ: Enslow, [1996].

Note: Examines the life and career of the Baptist minister who supported the use of nonviolent resistance to discrimination and describes his involvement in

many important events in the civil rights movement.

Q B GALILEI

Sis, Peter. Starry messenger : a Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist,

Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Physicist, Galileo Galilei. 1st ed.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1996].

Note: Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way

people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not

the fixed center of the universe.

Fic BAUER

Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. New York: Putnam, [2000].

Note: When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from

Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome

Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political

campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

Fic BRI

Brin, David. The Postman. New York: Bantam, [1990].

Notes: In the aftermath of a war that has devastated the nation, a traveling storyteller borrows the jacket of a long dead postal worker and is transformed unwittingly into a symbol of hope for America's future.

Fic CARD

Card, Orson Scott. Seventh Son. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1987].

Note: Blending folklore and myth, this novel follows young Alvin Maker as he begins a dangerous journey to discover the secret of a magical power

Fic CLEMENTDAVIES

Clement-Davies, David. Fire Bringer. 1st American ed. New York: Dutton Books,

[2000, 1999].

Note: The story of the change of leadership amongst the deer and the journey of

Rannoch, the next leader.

Fic CRUTCHER

Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill. New York: Greenwillow Books, [2005].

Note: Billy, recently deceased, keeps an eye on his best friend, fourteen-year-old Eddie, who has added to his home and school problems by becoming mute, and helps him stand up to a conservative minister and English teacher who is orchestrating a censorship challenge.

Fic CURTIS

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. Delacorte Press,

[1995].

Note: The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

Fic FLA pbk.

Flake, Sharon G. The Skin I'm In. New York, NY: Hyperion, [1998].

Note: Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.

Fic HAUTMAN

Hautman, Pete. Godless. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2004].

Note: When sixteen-year-old Jason Bock and his friends create their own religion to worship the town's water tower, what started out as a joke begins to take on a power of its own.

Fic HEI

Heinlein, Robert. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. New York: Tor, [1996].

Note: It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of the former Lunar penal colony against the Lunar Authority that controls it from Earth. It is the tale of the disparate people--a computer technician, a vigorous young female agitator, and an elderly academic--who become the rebel movement's leaders. And it is the story of Mike, the supercomputer whose sentience is known only to this inner circle, and who for reasons of his own is committed to the revolution's ultimate success.

Fic JIM

Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [2001].

Note: Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old

Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life

and complete his education.

Fic KAD

Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2004].

Note: Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.

Fic Les

Lester, Julius. Pharaoh's Daughter : a Novel of Ancient Egypt. 1st Harper Trophy

ed. New York: HarperTrophy, [2002].

Note: A fictionalized account of the Biblical tale in which a Hebrew infant,

rescued by the daughter of the Pharaoh, passes through a turbulent

adolescence to eventually become a prophet of his people while his sister

finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.

Fic Pao

Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, [ 2003].

Note: In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.

Fic Pao

Paolini, Christopher. Eldest. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [2005].

Note: After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.

Fic SLEATOR

Sleator, William. Rewind. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, [1999].

Note: Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death.

Fic SPINELLI

Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee : a Novel. 1st ed. Boston: Little, Brown, [1990].

Note: After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as

he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

Fic SPINELLI

Spinelli, Jerry. Wringer. 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, [1997].

Note: As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a

wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.

Fic STA

Stauffacher, Sue. S’Gana: the Black Whale. Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest, [1992].

Note: While spending the summer with his grandparents in Wisconsin, twelve-year-old Derek discovers his Haida Indian heritage which draws him to a distressed black whale at a local marine park.

Fic TAS

Tashjian, Janet. The Gospel According to Larry. 1st ed. New York: Henry Holt &

Co, [2001].

Note: Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a

difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author

of a web site that is receiving national attention.

Fic YOLEN

Yolen, Jane. Armageddon Summer. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, [1998].

Note: Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe.

SC LeG

LeGuin, Ursula. A Fisherman of the Inland Sea. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, [2001].

Note: A collection of stories highlight such objects of the imagination as a starship that sails on the wings of song, musical instruments that are played at funerals only, and orbiting arks designed to save a doomed humanity.

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Other Titles Recommended but not available in the school library:

Boston, Lloyd. Men of color: Fashion, History, Fundamentals. Wedmore, UK: Artisan, [2000].

Note: With sleek photographs and a host of celebrity interviews, this new paperback edition captures the elegance of Nat King Cole, comfort of Bill Cosby, hip-hop style of LL Cool J, and sex appeal of Denzel Washington. Expert advice rounds out the "history of fabulous satorial style" (Essence), showing readers how to accomplish the same looks on their own.

B JAC

Reef, Catherine. Jacques Cousteau: Champion of the Sea. Breckenridge, CO: Twenty-First Century, [1992].

Note: Examines the life and accomplishments of the celebrated French oceanographer.

B RUD

Ellison, James. Rudy. New York: Bantam, [1993].

Note: Rudy- A book about a young boy that lives in a coal mining neighborhood. His favorite football team is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He really would like to go and play football for the Irish but everyone says he can't.

Fic HANLEY

Hanley, Victoria. The Light of the Oracle. New York: David Fickling Books, [2005].

Note: Bryn, the daughter of a humble stone-cutter, is chosen to become a student at the famous Temple of the Oracle, a training school for future priests and priestesses.

Fic Sil

Silver, Norman. An Eye for Color. New York: Dutton, [1993].

Note: Eighteen-year-old Basil Kushenovitz describes his experiences as a Jew growing up in Cape Town and his increasing awareness of the horrors of apartheid.

Fic THO

Thomas, Rob. Slave Day. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1997].

Note: When the high school auctions off students and faculty as slaves during a fundraiser, Keene Davenport declares the event racist and unsuccessfully calls for a boycott before deciding to buy the class president and teach everyone a lesson.

Fic WES

Westall, Robert. Gulf. New York: Scholastic, [1996].

Note: An adolescent boy must save his younger brother when he becomes psychically linked to a doomed Iraqi soldier during the Persian Gulf War.

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