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This is how history should be told to kids--with photos,
illustrations, and captivating storytelling. From Newbery Honor
medalist Susan Campbell Bartoletti and in time to celebrate the
100th anniversary of women's suffrage in America comes the
page-turning, stunningly illustrated, and tirelessly researched
story of the little-known DC Women's March of 1913. Bartoletti
spins a story like few others--deftly taking readers by the hand
and introducing them to suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Paul
and Burns met in a London jail and fought their way through hunger
strikes, jail time, and much more to win a long, difficult victory
for America and its women. Includes extensive back matter and
dozens of archival images to evoke the time period between 1909 and
1920.
In a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert
medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti
uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of
the most misunderstood women in American history. With archival
photographs and text, among other primary sources, this riveting
biography looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial
life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a
lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled
with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary
Mallon really was. How did her name become synonymous with deadly
disease? What happens when a person's reputation has been forever
damaged? And who is really responsible for the lasting legacy of
Typhoid Mary? Terrible Typhoid Mary also examines extreme public
health measures at the time and public misconceptions around
disease. Includes an author's note, timeline, annotated source
notes, and bibliography.
In 1845, a disaster struck Ireland. Overnight, a mysterious blight
attacked the potato crops, turning the potatoes black and
destroying the only real food of nearly six million people.
Over the next five years, the blight attacked again and again.
These years are known today as the Great Irish Famine, a time when
one million people died from starvation and disease and two million
more fled their homeland.
Black Potatoes is the compelling story of men, women, and children
who defied landlords and searched empty fields for scraps of
harvested vegetables and edible weeds to eat, who walked several
miles each day to hard-labor jobs for meager wages and to reach
soup kitchens, and who committed crimes just to be sent to jail,
where they were assured of a meal. It's the story of children and
adults who suffered from starvation, disease, and the loss of
family and friends, as well as those who died. Illustrated with
black and white engravings, it's also the story of the heroes among
the Irish people and how they held on to hope.
A Newbery and Sibert Honor Book! A riveting and often chilling
story of Germany's powerful Hitler Youth. A PB edition in an
accessible new novel-sized reformat for Scholastic Focus! In this
Newbery Honor and Sibert Honor award-winning book, Susan Campbell
Bartoletti explores the riveting and often chilling story of
Germany's powerful Hitler Youth groups.By the time Hitler became
Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the
Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history.
Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty,
trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her
research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth
members."I begin with the young. We older ones are used up . . .
But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What
material! With them, I can create a new world." -- Adolf Hitler,
Nuremberg 1933
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