Newest in Childrens Collection

The mangrove tree : by Susan L. Roth & Cindy Trumbore ; collages by Susan L. Roth.

New York :Lee & Low Books,2011.
"A cumulative verse, alternating with additional narrative, describes the ecological and social transformation resulting from the work of Dr. Gordon Sato, a Japanese American cell biologist who made saltwater and desert land productive through the planting of mangrove trees in the tiny African country of Eritrea. Includes afterword, photographs, glossary, and author's sources"--Provided by publisher.

Eagle song / Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Dan Andreasen.

New York :Puffin Books,1999, c1997.
After moving from a Mohawk reservation to Brooklyn, New York, eight-year-old Danny Bigtree encounters stereotypes about his Native American heritage.

March toward the thunder / by Joseph Bruchac.

New York :Dial Books,2008.
Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War. Based on the author's great-grandfather; includes author's note.

Seeing the circle / by Joseph Bruchac ; photographs by John Christopher Fine.

Katonah, N.Y. :R.C. Owen Publishers,c1999.
The author tells how he learned about his own Native American background, how he became a writer, and how he spends his days.

Shin-chi's canoe / Nicola I. Campbell ; pictures by Kim LaFave.

Toronto :Groundwood Books,c2008.
When Shin-chi and his sister go off to his first year of Residential School in a cattle truck, she warns him of all the things he must not do. The days are long, he is very lonely and always hungry, but he find solace down at the river with a gift from his father, a tiny cedar canoe. It seems like a very long time until the salmon swim upriver again and he can finally go home.

Sky / Pamela Porter ; with pictures by Mary Jane Gerber.

Toronto :Groundwood Books,c2004.
Eleven-year-old Georgia lives with her grandparents, Paw Paw and Gramma, on the edge of the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. Spring comes, and it rains and rains until one afternoon the creek behind their house suddenly becomes a wall of water, washing away everything the family owns their house, their barn, and even Daisy, the only stuffed animal Georgia has ever had. Through sheer determination, Georgia and her grandparents gradually rebuild their lives, but it s not until Georgia finds Sky a foal that somehow survived the flood that the family begins to heal and find meaning again despite their losses. Based on the true story of Georgia Salois and written in the haunting voice of a young child, Sky vividly describes the historic flood of 1964 and its effect on Georgia and her people. Their courage in overcoming disaster, poverty, and discrimination provides young readers with a compelling portrayal of endurance.

Close to famous / Joan Bauer.

New York :Viking,2011.
Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.

Underground / Shane W. Evans.

New York :Roaring Brook Press,2011.
"A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for Freedom by way of the Underground Railroad."--from publisher description

Where things come back : by John Corey Whaley.

New York :Atheneum Books for Young Readers,c2011.
Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.

The elephant scientist / by Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M. Jackson ; photographs by Caitlin O'Connell and Timothy Rodwell.

Boston :Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,2011.
Journey to the Namibian desert with Caitlin O'Connell, an American scientist, and witness one of the largest, most complex, and most intelligent mammals living today on this earth. -- Jacket flap

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