A Perfect Snow

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Winner of the Northwest Book Sellers' Association Award
Junior Library Guild Selection
ALA Best Trade Book For Social Studies
Seventeen-year-old Ben Campbell has just moved from a ranch where his dad was the foreman, to a trailer park where his dad doesn't have a job.  The family is befriended by a local mechanic who runs what seems to be a men's support group but is in fact a white supremacist organization.  At first Ben finds it easy to believe what he hears at the meetings.  He and his brother participate in the group's horrible activities, but with the help of new friends Ben soon realizes the danger in propagating hatred.  Ben may be able to save himself, but  can he save his brother?
Bloomsbury Books For Children
ISBN: 1582347883 

Flight of the Fisherbird

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ALA Best Trade Book for Social Studies
It is 1889, and growing up as the only child on a small island off the coast of Washington State has taught Clementine Nesbitt to be self-assured and capable, especially in her boat, the Fisherbird.  But her confidence is shaken one foggy day as she finds herself rescuing a Chinese man who has been thrown overboard from a ship.  
Bloomsbury Books For Children
ISBN: 1-58234-814-6

The Eagle's Shadow

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ALA Best Trade Book for Social Studies
Bank Street College Best Book
When Clearie's father sends her to live in the remote village with her mother's family, who are Tlingit Indians, her welcome feels almost as cold as the northern Winter.  But Clearie finds herself drawn into her Tlingt heritage and the life of the village.  She finds meaning in the land, art and family.
Scholastic Press
ISBN 0590360876

The Stone Dancers

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Grandpapa tells young Anise a legend with a message that reverberates through time.  They are a people of welcome and a community that understands the landscape and one another.
Simon and Shuster Publishing
ISBN 0689803125

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