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**//Kids on Strike //**** by Susan Campbell Bartoletti **  Gr. 7-12. Bartoletti's //Growing Up in Coal Country// (1996), a //Booklist// Editors' Choice, was a stirring account of child labor in the mines of Pennsylvania. Here the author uses the same combination of memoir, oral history, newspaper reports, and archival photographs for a broader history of child labor and the early fight against it. Much more detailed than Russell Freedman's //Kids at Work// (1994), this account focuses on white immigrant kids who worked in the factories, sweatshops, mills, and mines in the Midwest and the eastern U.S. during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The children joined with adults in the fight to unionize for better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions, and there are chapters about Mother Jones (who led a children's crusade to try to reach the president) and other important leaders and landmark events. In fact, the kids' story is also an overview of labor history that will appeal to adults as well as YAs. Along with unforgettable photos by Lewis Hine and others on nearly every page, Bartoletti dramatizes the politics with individual stories of hardship and struggle.   From the author’s website:  [|www.scbartoletti.com/books/**kidsonstrike**.html] A Mango-Shaped Space ****by Wendy Mass ** **Notes: **Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.  The author’s website:  [|www.wendymass.com]  Neuroscience for Kids: Synesthesia __http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html__ This web site gives an excellent explanation of synesthesia and the characteristics of people who have this condition. There is an experiment that students can conduct to test for the condition.__  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kidscoops/story/0,14989,460960,00.html __<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Site features an interview with the author about her book. <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> **//<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">A Long Way from Chicago //****<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">by Richard Peck ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Horn Book starred (Spring 1999)  ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> Using life in a Depression-era small town as the backdrop, Peck regales us with seven thoroughly entertaining stories featuring Grandma Dowdel, a formidable woman whose un-grandmotherly ways are a constant source of surprise (and often shock) to her grandchildren. Each tale is a small masterpiece of storytelling, and taken as a whole, the novel reveals a strong sense of place, a depth of characterization, and a rich sense of humor. <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> A link to links – check it out - http://eduscapes.com/newbery/99b.htm <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> **//<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Blue Skin of the Sea //****<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> by Graham Salisbury ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> N **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">otes: **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">A series of eleven stories about a Hawaiian boy named Sonny Mendoza who never knew his late mother and struggles with his differences from the other boys in his fishing village, believing he is a coward and too sensitive. <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury  ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> Torn between his love of all things American and the traditional ways of his parents and grandparents, a young Japanese American comes of age during the political upheaval of WWII. <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> The author’s website: www.grahamsalisbury.com <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">An interview with the author: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> [|www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/authors/interviews/GrahamSalisbury.html] <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> **<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Horn Book starred (Spring 2006) ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> This striking portrayal of a little boy's diagnosis of leukemia follows his family through hospital drama and daily life, depicting the painful process of adjustment with delicately balanced compassion and humor. Five-year-old Jeffrey is mischievous and endearing, but it is his older brother Steven, a convincing maelstrom of love, fear, and resentment, who will break readers' hearts. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Book trailer on youtube - <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> [|www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw8c-K0_9Z0] <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The author’s website: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> [|www.] [|**jordansonnenblick**] [|.com] <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> J.J. Liddy sometimes wishes he could go clubbing like the other boys instead of playing fiddle at his family's dances every weekend. Still, he loves the music. If only there were more time--for it seems everyone is running around these days, late for breakfast, late for school, late for dancing. Hoping to buy a bit of time for his mother's birthday, he finds himself in to T'r na n'ig, land of the ever young. There he meets the fairy folk, pleasure-loving musicians who explain that time's been leaking from his world into theirs. Not only is this responsible for the terrible rush that plagues J.J.'s life, but it is bringing aging and death to the usually unchanging world of the fairies. <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> Author’s website:  <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">www.**katethompson**songs.com <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
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 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The New Policeman ****<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">by Kate Thompson **
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