HIT:Biographies for secondary - pt I

[Lilith Dorr <ldorr@ames.k12.ia.us>]

I am sorry to be so late in getting this hit posted.  I have been busy =
with
a technology conference that we (librarians organization) cohosted with
ASCD and PDK.

Judging by responses, lots of people are in need of good interesting but
secondary level biographies.

You might take a look at my Database of Award-Winning literature
at http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/childlit.html

I did a search for biography chapter books of age 12 and up and found
the following.  They are all award winners of one kind or another, so you
don't have to
worry about quality.  I have sorted the list by year of publication.

Author: Giblin, James Cross
Title: Charles A. Lindbergh: The Human Hero (1997)
ALAN 1998  A biography of the pilot whose life was full of controversy and
tragedy, but also fulfilling achievements.

Author: Wassiljewa, Tatjana        Translated by: Trenter, Anna
Title: Hostage to War: A True Story (1997) MLBH 1998

The author relates her experiences from 1941-1953 as she
struggles to survive as a Russian teenager caught up in all the horrors
of World War II and its aftermath.

Author: Kehret, Peg
Title: Small Steps: The Year I got Polio (1996) ALAN 1997

The author describes her battle against polio when she was
twelve and thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating
effects.

Author: Fleischman, Sid Title: Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996)
ALAN 1997
The autobiography of the Newbery award-winning children's
author, Sid Fleischman, who set out from childhood to be amagician.

Author: Bober, Natalie S.
Title: Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution (1995) BGHBA 1995
 A biography of president's wife Abigail Adams (1744-1818).

Author: Sills, Leslie
Title: Visions: Stories About Women Artists (1993) ALAN 1994
Presents the lives and works of four pioneering women artists:
Mary Cassatt, Leonora Carrington, Betye Saar, and Mary Frank.

Author: Myers, Walter Dean
Title: Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary (1993) CSKH 1994
A biography of radical Muslim civil rights leader Malcolm X (1925-1965).

Author: Lewin, Ted    Illustrated by: Lewin, Ted
Title: I was a Teenage Professional Wrestler (1993) ALAN 1994
The author-illustrator, Ted Lewin, describes his early days supporting
himself as a professional wrestler while learning to be an
illustrator.

Author: Freedman, Russell
Title: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (1993) NH 1994 ALAN 1994
BGHBA 1994
A photo-biography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the first wife of a
president to have a career of her own.

Author:
Title: Twilight Struggle: The Life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1992)
Discusses the childhood, family, and political career of the president who
served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

Author: McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick
Title: Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (1992) ALAN 1993 CSKH 1993 BGHBA
1993
A biography of Sojourner Truth, the former slave who became well-known as
an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

Author: Zindel, Paul
Title: Pigman and Me (1992) ALAN 1993
An account of Paul Zindel's teenage years on Staten Island, when his life
was enriched by finding his own personal pigman, or
mentor.

Author: Meltzer, Milton
Title: Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary Aristocrat (1991) ALAN 1992
A biography of the third president who was also the author of the
Declaration of Independence.

Author: Little, Jean
Title: Stars Come Out Within (1991) ALAN 1992
Another continuation of the autobiography by the blind Canadian writer of
children's books, Jean Little.
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Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman? / Patricia and Fredrick
McKissack, Scholastic Hardcover, 1992.

Zlata's diary : a child's life in Sarajevo / Zlata Filipovic,
Viking, 1994.

No ordinary genius : the illustrated Richard Feynman / ed. by
Christopher Sykes, W.W. Norton, 1994.

Black ice / Lorene Cary, Knopf, 1992.
___________

I was looking at the1998-99 K-12 Franklin Watts catalog which contains
"Impact biographies" in their secondary biography section (p.85). You can
call for one at 1-800-621-1115 if you don't have that particular catalog.
These look fairly good but are 18.00 each which I think is a little stiff.
____________
One of my favorites is "Woman in the mists: the story of Dian Fossey and
the
mountain gorillas of Africa" by Farley Mowat.

Deborah Stafford
Gen. H.H. Arnold High School
Wiesbaden Germany
100332.2074@compuserve.com

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