BCCB-November 2003 Bulletin Dozen

	The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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News from the Front: Books about War
--selected by Debra Mitts Smith

In honor of Veteran's Day, this month's Dozens features a mix of historical and fictional accounts of the courageous acts of young people during times of war. Some of these deeds took place in the line of fire, while other acts of heroism took place closer to home. Some events were public dramas, while others took place in secret. Your readers, like most of the heroes and heroines portrayed within these pages, will discover that war, no matter how just it may seem, demands and often takes the best one has to offer.

Bartoletti, Susan. No Man's Land: A Young Soldier's Story. Scholastic, 1999. Gr. 5-8
A fourteen-year-old Confederate soldier learns about honor and courage and discovers that his enemy is not so different from himself. (BCCB 6/99)

Borden, Louise. Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution; illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. McElderry, 2000. Gr. 2-4
Henry Price sets out to sled in the new snow and instead finds 3000 British troops setting up camp. (BCCB 7/00)

Clinton, Catherine. The Black Soldier: 1492 to the Present; illus. with photographs. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Gr. 4-8
Clinton provides an overview of the roles of black soldiers from the time of Columbus to the present. (BCCB 10/00)

Ferrie, Richard. The World Turned Upside Down: George Washington and the Battle of Yorktown; illus. with photographs. Holiday House, 1999. Gr. 6-10
General Washington holds together a rag-tag army of farmers and shopkeepers to defeat the British and turn the world upside down. (BCCB 1/00)

Garland, Sherry. In the Shadow of the Alamo. Gulliver/Harcourt, 2001. Gr. 5-8
Forced to join the Mexican army, fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Bonifacio soon finds himself immersed in the battle that will be remembered as the Alamo. (BCCB 1/02)

Granfield, Linda. High Flight: A Story of World War II; illus. by Michael Martchenko. Gr. 4-8
The true story of John Magee, who withdrew from college and joined the Royal Canadian Airforce to help stave off the German attacks on Britain. (BCCB 12/99)

Kuhn, Betsy. Angels of Mercy: The Army Nurses of World War II; illus. with photographs. Atheneum, 1999. Gr. 5-8
From the first attacks on the American bases in Pearl Harbor and the Philippines to the V-J Day celebrations, U. S Army nurses devote their efforts to saving the lives of the wounded. (BCCB12/99)

Lewin, Ted. Red Legs: A Drummer Boy of the Civil War; written and illus. by Ted Lewin. HarperCollins, 2001. 6-9 yrs
A reenactment of a battle pays tribute to the soldiers and drummer boys of the Civil War. (BCCB 5/01)

Lyons, Mary E. Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies; by Mary E. Lyons and Muriel M. Branch; illus. with photographs. Atheneum, 2000. Gr. 5-8
Based on the diaries and scrapbook of Elizabeth Van Lew, this mix of letters, pictures, and documents retells the deeds of two Union spies. (BCCB 10/00)

Mead, Alice. Soldier Mom. Farrar, 1999. Gr. 5-8
Life changes quickly for Jas and her baby brother when their mom, a reservist, is called into active service during the Gulf War. (BCCB 12/99)

Nathan, Amy. Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II; illus. with photographs. National Geographic, 2001. Gr. 5-8
The Women Airforce Service Pilots fly the target planes used to train anti-aircraft units and test fly newly repaired planes. (BCCB 1/02)

Paulsen, Gary. Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers. Delacorte, 1998. Gr. 6-10
The realities of the battlefield replace fifteen-year-old Charley's initial exhilaration of joining the "shooting war" against the Confederates with disillusionment and sadness. (BCCB 9/98)

Peck, Richard. The River between Us. Dial, 2003. Gr. 5-9
An Illinois family learns about the realities of the Civil War even as they get a different picture of the south from Delphine, their mysterious young Southern boarder. (BCCB 11/03)

Sterman, Betsy. Saratoga Secret. Dial, 1998. Gr. 5-9
When a British general's letter detailing the plans of a Redcoat attack falls into Amity Spencer's hands, she must warn the Continental Army. (BCCB 1/99)

Zeinert, Karen. Those Extraordinary Women of World War I; illus. with photographs. Millbrook, 2001. Gr. 5-8
Zeinert looks at the war efforts of women on the home front as they enter the workforce and take on non-combat military role. (BCCB 1/02)

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