Young Adults

Works for young adults.

Saga of the Sioux

Submitted by Jim Greenwald on January 23, 2012 - 07:51

Title: Saga of the Sioux
Author: Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Genre: Young Adult
Reviewer: jim greenwald

ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0805093648

This new adaptation of Dee Brown's multi-million copy bestseller, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, is filled with photographs and maps to bring alive the tragic saga of Native Americans for middle grade readers. Focusing on the Sioux nation as representative of the entire Native American story, this meticulously researched account allows the great chiefs and warriors to speak for themselves about what happened to the Sioux from 1860 to the Massacre of Wounded Knee in 1891. This dramatic story is essential reading for every student of U.S. history.

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Zimmerman, Dwight Jon
Tags: 
Children's
Historical
Native Americans
Young Adults

Finding Nuggets of Truth as a Military Writer

Submitted by kevinmweeks on January 10, 2012 - 08:44

by Ann DeWitt


What if you studied a particular military General from the American Civil War era and found that the court of public opinion handed down a verdict without reviewing all of the evidence?  Would you ignore the facts and go with the court of public opinion?  Or would you print in your book the dormant facts in which you uncovered?

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