Laurie Myers, illus. by Amy June Bates. Holt, $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8825-0
Woodrow Wilson's boyhood inspired this taut novel set in 1863. Tommy's father, like Wilson's, is the pastor of an Augusta, Ga., church converted to a hospital for Confederate soldiers. In the sobering opening scene, nine-year-old Tommy and his...
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Laurie Myers, Author, Michael Dooling, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $17.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6368-4
Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman serves as narrator for a fictionalized account of Lewis and William Clark's 1803-1806 journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illus. by Michael Dooling. ...
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Betsy Cromer Byars, Author, Laurie Myers, Author, Betsy Duffey, Author , illus. by Arthur Howard. Holt $15.95 (71p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6888-7
Newbery winner Byars and her two daughters, with whom she collaborated on My Dog, My Hero
, offer a collection of fictional students' responses to their teacher's request for stories about times that they needed to call for help....
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