Erik Christian Haugaard, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (256p) ISBN 978-0-395-56398-4
Saru (``monkey'') lives by begging in feudal Japan. Orphaned and abandoned, Saru watches the constant battling of the warlords and their hired samurai with disgust. He recalls his adventures as a street urchin--he runs afoul of a band of thieves,...
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Erik Christian Haugaard, Author Roberts Rinehart Publishers $13.95 (167p) ISBN 978-1-879373-26-6
Middle-class American values get a scorching confutation in this diary-as-novel. Dick Shaw, who wants to be a ``cultured human being,'' faces bigotry, hypocrisy, double standards and finally murder before he runs away from his conventional small-town
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Erik Christian Haugaard, Author Roberts Rinehart Publishers $8.95 (170p) ISBN 978-1-879373-63-1
In the 18th century, as 14-year-old William Bernard sails from his father's plantation in Jamaica to study in England, his ship is suddenly overtaken by the nefarious pirate Blackbeard. Although he kidnaps William, he treats him with relative...
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Erik Christian Haugaard, Author, Julie Downing, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-743440-8
This extraordinary book combines a powerful story, eloquent prose and exceptionally fine illustrations. When Irish King Desmond senses that his days are numbered, he decides to find a husband for his daughter Orla who is as wise as she is beautiful.
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