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The endless steppe
By Esther Rudomin Hautzig. 1995
During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by…
the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the following five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe. Grades 5-8. 1995, c1968.The greatest: Muhammad Ali
By Walter Dean Myers. 2001
Account of Muhammad Ali's life and career, focusing on his professional accomplishments, principles, and fight against racial injustice. Describes his…
Olympic triumph, his transformation from the young Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali, and his rise to fame as world heavyweight champion. Examines boxing's damaging effects. Grades 5-8 and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2001.The bite of the mango
By Mariatu Kamara, Susan McClelland. 2008
Sierra Leone. At the age of 12, Mariatu Kamara was raped by a family friend, then captured by rebels who…
cut off her hands. Despite her wounds, Kamara walked out of the bush and sought help, ending up in an amputee camp, where she gave birth to a son who died of malnutrition. When foreign journalists interviewed Kamara in the camp, her story garnered international interest and assistance, which eventually brought her to Toronto. Her autobiography testifies to Kamara's horrific trauma, but with the aim of fostering hope and reconciliation. Winner of the 2011 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. For junior high and older readers. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.The big red horse: the story of Secretariat and the loyal groom who loved him
By Lawrence Scanlan. 2007
On March 30, 1970, a wobbly foal named Secretariat was born on a farm in Virginia - but he was…
no ordinary horse. He was bigger and more muscled than racehorses his age, and after a slow start and lots of training, he went on to compete for the biggest prize in racing - the Triple Crown. This is also the story of the one person who helped Secretariat the most - feeding him grain, bathing him, and chatting with him at dawn each day - his groom, Edward "Shorty" Sweat. Grades 5-8. 2007.Ten girls from history
By Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Amy Puetz. 2017
Whether facing a band of Indians with Madeleine; saving lives at sea with Ida Lewis; experiencing the battlefields of the…
Civil War with Clara Barton, or learning the life story of Louisa May Alcott, you will be inspired by the faith, courage, and devotion of these ten girls from history. Grades 4-7. 2017.Tell no one who you are: the hidden childhood of Régine Miller
By Walter Buchignani. 1994
The story of Régine Miller, who, as a young Jewish girl during World War II, was hidden by Belgium's underground…
movement and was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Grades 5-8. c1994.Jean Lumb, a recipient of the Order of Canada, shares the story of her immigration to Canada, her contribution to…
the changing of Canada's immigration laws, and her efforts in saving Chinatown communities across Canada. Grades 5-8. 1997.Robert Borden (The Canadians)
By Kathleen Saunders. 1978
Biography of musical genius Ray Charles, who was left sightless by glaucoma as a child. While a student at the…
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Charles learned to read and write music in braille. Describes his personal and professional struggles, including drug addiction, as well as triumphs. For Junior and Senior High readers. c1994.Madeleine de Verchères: la combattante en jupons (Bonjour l'histoire ; #3)
By Marie Roberge. 2012
La jeune Magdelon est habituée à la vie au fort et à la menace constante que font planer les Iroquois…
sur la petite seigneurie de Verchères et ses environs. Toutefois, elle ne pensait pas avoir à la défendre elle-même contre l'ennemi. Ainsi, par un beau jour d'octobre 1692, alors que ses parents se sont absentés pour affaires, Madeleine de Verchères doit agir avec ruse, courage et sang-froid pour diriger sa petite troupe et tenir tête aux assaillants. Cette longue bataille contre les Sauvages, qui dura plusieurs jours, forge tout l'avenir de Madeleine qui sera dès lors reconnue comme une héroïne par ses contemporains. Années 5-8. 2012. (Bonjour l'histoire ; 3)Orphan train rider: one boy's true story
By Andrea Warren. 1996
History of the social program that transported thousands of homeless children from the east coast to other parts of the…
United States for adoption between 1854 and 1930. In alternate chapters, Lee Nailling recounts his personal experience as an orphan train rider. Grades 4-7. 1996.Noah Webster: weaver of words
By Pegi Deitz Shea, Monica Vachula. 2011
Presents the life and accomplishments of the American lexicographer, who wrote the first American dictionary, published the first daily newspaper,…
created the first American insurance company, and was responsible for the first copyright law. Grades 4-7. 2011.Nelson Mandela: "non à l'apartheid"
By Véronique Tadjo. 2010
Ce titre transporte le lecteur en 1941, dans une Afrique du Sud ravagée par l'Apartheid. Au fil des pages, le…
lecteur marche dans les traces de Nelson Mandela, qui prend la parole pour raconter l'injustice vécue par son peuple, sa lutte pour offrir à ce dernier des droits égaux à ceux des Blancs, sa condamnation à la réclusion à perpétuité, les conditions d'emprisonnement inhumaines dans lesquelles il fut maintenu pendant 27 ans, la manière dont les gens se sont mobilisés à un niveau international afin de le libérer, puis sa libération et la tenue de premières élections démocratiques. Quelques descriptions de violence. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2010.Martin Luther King, Jr
By Doris Faber, Harold Faber. 1986
Biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Baptist minister who led the Civil Rights struggle in the United States in the…
1960s. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Grades 5-8. 1986.Letters to a young sister: define your destiny (Griot audio)
By Hill Harper. 2008
A Brown University and Harvard Law School alum, Harper is also a passionate public servant. In this book he offers…
comforting advice for today's youth through his own wisdom as well as that of such luminaries as Michelle Obama and Angela Bassett. For Senior High and older readers. 2008.Louis Riel (Canadians)
By Rosemary Neering. 1977
Bayard
By Jean Jacquart. 1987
Personnage légendaire, Bayard, modeste gentilhomme provincial, est d'abord un témoin de son époque. Contemporain de Léonard de Vinci, de Luther…
et de Christophe Colomb, Il a vécu dans une Europe en pleine transformation à l'heure où se mettent en place les organes de l'Etat moderne et où la vieille gentilhommerie voit s'amenuiser les bases de son pouvoir. Bayard et ses compagnons sont ainsi au contact de deux mondes. Par sa naissance, par son éducation, par ses premières campagnes, le bon chevalier est encore tout pénétré d'un idéal humain fait de bravoure individuelle, du respect des règles du combat, de vertus chrétiennes. En même temps, bon gré mal gré, Il participe au nouvel art de la guerre qui s'esquisse: il accepte de se mettre à la tête de gens de pied, sait utiliser l'artillerie et il lui arrive de ruser pour tromper l'ennemi. Et, symboliquement, c'est une balle d'arquebuse tirée par un simple soldat qui l'abat, chevalier terrassé par l'arme de l'avenir. Car Bayard est en son temps un personnage anachronique. C'est ce qui le rend si attachant et parfois si émouvant. Le génie de ses premiers biographes qui ont fait de lui l'exemple du " gentil chevalier ", conforme en tous points à un idéal nobiliaire, A permis à tout un groupe social de se reconnaître en lui au moment même où son destin historique s'achevait. Et sans doute est-ce parce qu'il apparaissait comme le héros d'un monde révolu que sa mémoire a traversé les siècles.Hiding Edith: a true story (A Holocaust remembrance book for young readers #7)
By Kathy Kacer. 2006
The true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl sent to live in a safe house after the Nazi…
invasion of France. Edith's courage was remarkable, as was the bravery of those who helped her: an entire village, including its mayor, that heroically conspired to conceal the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in the safe house. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2007 Silver Birch Award. 2006.Buffalo Bill Cody (Legends of the Wild West)
By Ronald A Reis. 2010
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a bullwhacker, cattle driver, and American Indian fighter on the Great Plains of the 1850's,…
all before becoming a teenager. He claimed to have killed 5,000 buffalo and to have ridden with the Pony Express. Later, he started his Wild West Show - part circus, part rodeo, part history - that played across the United Stares and Europe for three decades. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2011 Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction. 2010. (Legends of the Wild West)Her story III: women from Canada's past (Her Story Ser. #No. Iii)
By Susan E Merritt. 1999
The third instalment of biographies of 14 notable Canadian women. Mostly born before the 1900s, they helped change society's attitudes…
about women. Included are athlete Bobbie Rosenfeld, ambulance driver Grace Livingston and investigative reporter Faith Fenton. Sequel to "Her story II : women from Canada's past". For junior and senior high readers. 1999.