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We Were There, Too!
Young People in U.S. History
By Hoose, Phillip
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37438-252-0
- Publisher
- Kroupa Farrar
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2001
Gr 6-Up A treasure chest of history come to life, this is an inspired collection. Readers could easily get lost in it by simply dipping into one compelling story after another. The selections are arranged chronologically, beginning with 12-year-old Diego Berm dez sailing to the New World with Columbus and ending (66 stories later) with 9-year-old Kory Johnson, who starte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2001
Young people have begun to populate children's nonfiction about specific historical periods (the westward movement in Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman, the Civil War in The Boys' War by Jim Murphy, the civil rights movement in Freedom's Children by Ellen Levine). Hoose widens the scope and recognizes children and young adults who contributed to our country's long history, whether by direct action (such as the young sculptor who created Lincoln's statue for the Capitol rotunda) o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
