MSK Library

CHINA/JAPAN/ASIA

355.5 MAT

Mattern, Joanne, 1963-. Ninjas : masters of stealth and secrecy. New York : Children's Press, 2005. Presents the history, training, weapons, and responsibilities of ninjas, anddescribes the last battle in which ninjas played an important role.

952 TID 

Tidmarsh, Celia. Focus on Japan. North American ed., U.S. ed.  Milwaukee, WI : World Almanac Library, 2007. Explores the history, culture, and people of Japan.

951 SEB

Sebag-Montefiore, Poppy. Eyewitness China. London ; New York : DK, 2007. Explores the history, language, customs, culture, social life, religion, eduction, and arts of modern China.

NATIVE AMERICANS

500.89 KEO

Keoke, Emory Dean. American Indian contributions to the world.  New York : Facts On File, c2005. Describes the practices and discoveries made by American Indians in science and technology, including their use of latex to waterproof clothing and their use of geometry to create buildings.

610.89 KEO

Keoke, Emory Dean. American Indian contributions to the world.  New York : Facts On File, c2005. Describes the practices and discoveries made by American Indians in medicine andhealth, including their use of herbal remedies for insect bites and storytelling to ease depression.

641.3 KEO

Keoke, Emory Dean. American Indian contributions to the world.  New York : Facts On File, c2005. Explores Native American peoples' hunting, fishing, gathering, and farming practices, which helped sustain early European colonists and continue to play a role in feeding the world's population today.

704.03 KEO

Keoke, Emory Dean. American Indian contributions to the world.  New York : Facts On File, c2005. Describes the practices and customs of the American Indians, including how wool washarvested from llamas for clothing and how wigwams were made.

970.004 KEO

Keoke, Emory Dean. American Indian contributions to the world.  New York : Facts On File, c2005. Describes how the American Indians traveled, who they traded with, games they played, the types of weapons they made, and the types of military strategies they used.

SCIENCE

550 ADA

Adams, Simon. Earth science : an illustrated guide to science.  New York : Chelsea House, c2006. Offers color diagrams, graphs, charts, and maps that illustrate the essential elements of earth science, while the accompanying text provides key definitions and step-by-step explanations.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

741.5 KIS

Kishimoto, Masashi. Naruto: v. 13: Shonen jump. Shonen Jump graphic novel ed. San Francisco : Viz, [2003]-. In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas in training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land.

ANCIENT ROME

796.8 FRE

Frew, Katherine. Gladiators : battling in the arena. New York : Children's Press, c2005. Describes the training, clothing, weapons, and types of gladiators, including the retiarius, hoplomachus, and secutor.

937 IF

If I were a kid in ancient Rome. 1st ed. Peterborough, NH : Cricket Books, c2006. Describes what life was like for children in ancient Rome, discussing education, entertainment, daily customs, and religion.

PRO 937 NIC

Nicholson, Sue, 1961-. Ancient Rome. London ; New York : DK, 2007. Contains a full-color workbook, wall chart, and information wheel on the ancient Roman empire; along with activity answers, quizzes, and progress chart. (TEACHER USE ONLY)

FIC LAS

Lasky, Kathryn. The last girls of Pompeii. New York : Viking, c2007. Twelve-year-old Julia knows that her physical deformity will keep her from a normal life, but counts on the continuing friendship of her life-long slave, Mitka, until they learn that both of their futures in first-centuryPompeii are about to change for the worse.

BIOGRAPHIES

921 MAN

Mattern, Joanne, 1963-. Peyton Manning. Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, c2007. Highlights the life and career of the quarterback for the Indianpolis Colts.

921 PRE

Hampton, Wilborn. Elvis Presley, a twentieth century life. NewYork : Viking, c2007. Profiles the king of rock and roll, whose style greatly influenced later musicians and was highly controversial.

HOLOCAUST

940.53 TAY

Taylor, Peter Lane. The secret of Priest's Grotto : a Holocaust survival story. Minneapolis : Kar-Ben Pub., c2007. Two explorers survey caves in the Western Ukraine and relate the story of how an extended Jewish family, fleeing persecution by the Nazis, lived for two years in a large cave, Popowa Yama, and survived the war.

HIGH INTEREST/LOW READING LEVELS

001.94 OXL

Oxlade, Chris. The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. New ed.  Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2006. Explains what the Bermuda Triangle is, describes cases of people disappearing in it throughout history, and provides possible explanations, including mechanical failure, human error, or strange weather.

363.25 JOY

Joyce, Jaime, 1971-. Bullet proof! : the evidence that guns leave behind. New York : Franklin Watts, c2007. Using three case studies as examples, shows how forensic investigators solve crimes by tracing a bullet back to a gun.

921 MAN

Mattern, Joanne, 1963-. Peyton Manning. Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, c2007. Highlights the life and career of the quarterback for the Indianpolis Colts.

OTHER

935 STE

Steele, Philip, 1948-. Eyewitness Mesopotamia. New York : DK, 2007. Presents the history of ancient Mesopotamia, describing the succession of civilizations that existed there and examining the most significant aspects of religion, agriculture, trade, art, writing, and warfare thatcharacterized each separate age.

NEW FICTION

FIC BIN

Bingham, Kelly L., 1967-. Shark girl. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007. After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.

FIC COL

Collins, Suzanne. Gregor and the curse of the warmbloods. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2005. Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.

FIC JIN

Jinks, Catherine. Evil genius. 1st U.S. ed. Orlando : Harcourt, 2007, c2005. Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.

FIC KOE

Koertge, Ronald. Strays. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007. After his parents are killed in a car accident, high school senior Ted wonders whether he will ever feel again or if he will remain numbed by grief.

FIC ROW

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows. 1st American ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2007. At a time when the forces of evil seem to be gaining the upper hand, Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, and must take on and defeat Voldemort--or be killed himself.

FIC RUM

Rumford, James, 1948-. Beowulf, a hero's tale retold. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.