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Up Close: Ronald Reagan
by James Sutherland
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, V
“Honey, I forgot to duck,” Ronald Reagan said to
his wife when she arrived at the hospital after he
had been shot in a failed assassination attempt. This
biography follows “The Great Communicator” from
a hardscrabble upbringing in Illinois to a successful
acting career to his two terms as president of the
United States. Foreword. Introduction. Source notes.
Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs.
Isbn: 9780670063451 • Dewey: 973.927092 b • 5" x 7" • 208 pp
aR level: 8.4 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 10.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 1100l
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
Up Close: Thurgood Marshall u
by Chris Crowe
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K
The first African American appointed to the Supreme
Court, Thurgood Marshall built his reputation
working for the NAACP; it was in this capacity
that he won the seminal civil rights case Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka. The story of Marshall’s
education and of his years spent arguing civil rights
cases across the country shows not only his brilliance,
but also his personal courage, generosity, and sense
of humor. “I intend to wear life like a very loose
garment,” Marshall once said, “and never worry
about nothin’.” Notes. Bibliography. Further reading.
Web sites. Black-and-white photographs.
Isbn: 9780670062287 • Dewey: 347.73/2634 b • 5" x 7" • 208 pp
aR level: 9.4 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 10.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 1260l
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008
Venom u
by Marilyn Singer
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, SLJ
“The most famed toxic critters are venomous.
This means they must inject their poison—their
venom—into a victim by means of fangs, teeth,
spines, stingers, or spurs.” From the rattlesnake to
the platypus, this book surveys the stunning variety
of venomous animals that live on land, in trees,
in rivers, and in the sea. Illustrated with full-color
photographs. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. A 2009
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book.
Isbn: 9781581960433 • Dewey: 592.16/5 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 96 pp
aR level: 7.8 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 9.3 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 1110l
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $19.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008
Waiting for Normal u
by Leslie Connor
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH
“When the judge decided my sisters should live with
Dwight, I knew it was going to change my life.” After
the divorce, Addie’s half-sisters moved upstate with
their natural father, Dwight, and Addie moved to a
trailer home—parked off a busy city intersection—
with her increasingly unstable mother. But Addie still
remembers—and longs for—a “normal” family life.
“Normal is being able to count on certain things.
Good things. And it’s having everyone together—just
because they belong that way.” Winner of the 2009
Schneider Family Book Award.
Isbn: 9780060890896 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/8" • 304 pp
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 570l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
Walker Evans: Photographer of America u
by Thomas Nau
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V, WM
Determined to see what was in front of him without
sentimentality or judgment, Walker Evans found
beauty in the ordinary. Whether photographing
buildings and workers in New York City or
documenting the lives of tenant families in Alabama
for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, he
let the character of his subjects come to the fore.
Evans gave people a unique and lasting picture of
America and forever changed the art of photography.
Black-and-white photographs. Bibliography.
Chronology. Index.
Isbn: 9781596432253 • Dewey: 770.92 • 9" x 10 1/2" • 64 pp
aR level: 7.1 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1020l
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $19.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007
The Walls of Cartagena u
by Julia Durango • illustrated by Tom Pohrt
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC
Cartegena, Colombia, the seventeenth century:
Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an educated slave and
translator, talks to Mara and her son, Tomi, both
newly arrived aboard a slave ship. He wants to help
them escape, but it’s impossible. Soon after, Calepino
is sent to help Dr. Mendo López de Campo at a
local leper colony. Initially repulsed, Calepino soon
finds that he enjoys learning from Dr. López. When
Calepino learns that Tomi and Mara are being abused
by their owner, he resolves to save them . . . but his
plan may endanger Dr. López. Author’s note. Blackand-white
art.
Isbn: 9781416941026 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 870l
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008
War, Women, and the News: How Female Journalists
Won the Battle to Cover World War II u
by Catherine Gourley
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, V, WM
The bombing of London, the liberation of Dachau,
the battle for Iwo Jima—many of the most important
stories of the Second World War were covered by
female writers and photographers. This book traces
the work of women correspondents from the Great
Depression through the end of the war in the Pacific.
They not only kept Americans informed about the
darkest moments of the twentieth century, but also
opened doors for women who came after them.
Black-and-white photographs. Suggestions for further
reading. Select bibliography.
Isbn: 9780689877520 • Dewey: 07.082'0973 • 7" x 9" • 208 pp
aR level: 6.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 850l
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $21.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007