Joseph Bruchac, Author, Peter Roop, Author, Connie Roop, Author Harcourt Children's Books $17 (208p) ISBN 978-0-15-202234-1
Bruchac's (The Arrow Over the Door) intimate novel about Lewis and Clark's epic Western exploration unfolds through the alternating voices of Sacajawea, their Shoshone interpreter, and Clark. Sacajawea's now-grown son, Pomp (Jean Baptiste...
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Judith St George, Author, Peter Roop, Author, Connie Roop, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-399-23161-2
Drawing from the journals of Lewis, Clark and other members of the 1804 Journey of Discovery expedition, St. George (Crazy Horse) has written an uneven biography of one of the most important women in 19th-century American history. Beginning with...
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Peter Roop, Author, Connie Roop, Author, Thomas B. Allen, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-82222-3
Careful research underpins this intriguing tale set aboard a whaling ship in 1871. Based on the experiences of two real children who traveled with their families at sea, an exciting story unfolds through the daily journal entries of nine-year-old...
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Peter Roop, Author, Connie Roop, Author, Michael McCurdy, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-83022-8
Kids Who Made History A pair of books chronicle young people's impact on history. The first, Take Command, Captain Farragut! by Peter Roop and Connie Roop, illus. by Michael McCurdy, presents the true story of 10-year-old David Glasgow Farragut,...
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Peter Roop, Author, Connie Roop, Author, Harry Bliss, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0492-4
The authors of Off the Map: The Journals of Lewis and Clark return to the story of those explorers' famous expedition, this time imagining the point of view of Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark's Shoshoni guide. Sacagawea is kidnapped by a neighboring...
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Connie and Peter Roop, illus. by Noa Denmon. Aladdin, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4926-7
In this sensitively rendered biography of Maya Angelou (1928–2014), the Roops describe how, early in life, “Words whirled and stories spun in Maya’s head and off her lips.” After she experiences an attack at age eight, however, Angelou stops...
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