Kids InSight: Reconsidering How to Meet the Literacy Needs of All StudentsKilling Mr. GriffinA Kind of Grace: A Treasury of Sportswriting by WomenKing Arthur & the Legends of CamelotKing Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: Re-Told Out of the Old RomancesThe King's Fifth
(Kit). Duncan, Lois. (Young Adult Cliffhanger Series). Listening Library (SSC), 1993. Order no. BJRH119SP ($22.95).
When a group of students decide to kidnap their over-demanding teacher and take him out to the woods, they do not foresee that he will have a heart attack and die. This is an easily read novel suitable for reluctant readers or students requiring added support. The audiocassette presents the first few chapters of the book.
Suggested Use: Decisions; Easily Read Resource
(Print-Anthology). Rapoport, Ron, ed. Zenobia Press (ORC), 1994. 385 p. ISBN 1-57143-013-X ($17.95 pbk.).
This collection of articles from mainly American sportswriters presents a wide range of perspectives and types of sports. The book provides a table of contents, an introductory exploration of issues related to women as sportswriters, and an afterword by Mary Garber about acceptance of women in the field of sports journalism.
Suggested Use: Challenges; Short Prose
(Print-Fiction). Perham, Molly. Penguin Books Canada Limited (PBC), 1993. 171 p. ISBN 0-670-84990-1 ($27.99 hdc.).
A large format, illustrated edition, this resource includes stories about King Arthur, from the crowning of Uther and birth of Arthur to the decline of Camelot and the death of Arthur.
Suggested Use: Challenges; Short Stories
(Print-Fiction). Green, Roger Lancelyn. Puffin Bks. (PBC), 1995. 320 p. ISBN 0-14-036670-9 ($5.99 pbk.).
This is a scholarly but engaging version of the Arthurian legend accompanied by woodcut illustration. Episodes in the book are written as separate stories within the larger headings of "The Coming of Arthur," "The Knights of the Round Table," "The Quest for the Holy Grail," and "The Departing of Arthur."
Suggested Use: Challenges; Short Stories
(Print-Fiction). O'Dell, Scott. Houghton Mifflin Co. (ALL), 1966. 264 p. ISBN 0-395-06963-7 ($23.95 hdc.).
(I/M) In 1541, Esteban de Sandoval, a cartographer with an expedition of conquistadors, is accused of withholding the king's one-fifth tax owed by all Spanish treasure seekers in the New World. Esteban relates the savage exploitation and destruction of societies plundered by the Spanish conquistadors, and the lure of riches that drew him into their life of greed. This is a Newbery Honor winner.
Suggested Use: Equality