Fiction
Why?: The War Years.@ dePaola, Tomie.
Without Warning: Ellen's Story 1914-1918.@Hamley, Dennis.
Don Quixote and the Windmills. Kimmel, Eric A.
The View from Saturday Konigsburg, E. L.
Esperanza Rising. Muñoz Ryan, Pam.
A Series of Unfortunate Events. Snicket, Lemony.
The Mysterious Benedict Society. Stewart, Trenton Lee.
Useful Fools. Schmidt, C. A.
Eli Remembers.@ Vander Zee, Ruth.
Archie's War: My Scrapbook of the First World War, 1914-1918.@ Williams, Marcia.
Non- Fiction
The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World.@ Aronson, Marc and John W. Glenn.
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa. Chambers, Veronica.
Over the Mountains: An Aerial View of Geology.* Collier, Michael.
Hidden on the Mountain: Stories of Children Sheltered from the Nazis in Le Chambon.@ DeSaix, Deborah Durland and Karen Gray Ruelle.
Map: Satellite.* DK Publishing.
Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot With a Caribou Herd.# Heuer, Karsten.
The Race for Space: The United States and the Soviet Union Compete for the New Frontier. Kuhn, Betsy.
Come Look with Me: Latin American Art.@ Lane, Kimberly.
Rockets.* Miller, Ron.
Tycho Brahe: Pioneer of Astronomy.* Nardo, Don .
Adaptation.* Silverstein, Alvin; Virginia Silverstein; and Laura Silverstein Nunn.
The Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain.@ Sis, Peter.
Isaac Newton: The Scientist Who Changed Everything.* Steele, Philip.
Great Inventions: Microscopes and Telescopes.* Stefoff, Rebecca.
The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb.# Sullivan, Edward T.
Circulating Life: Blood Transfusion From Ancient Superstition to Modern Medicine.* Winner, Cherie
Books marked with “*” are from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) list of outstanding trade books for students.
Books marked with “@” are from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) “Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People” list.
Books marked with “#” are on both the NSTA and NCSS lists.
