(3) YA In 1900, sixteen-year-old Greenland Inuit girl Billy Bah sets out to rescue Lieutenant Peary, his ship stuck in the ice during a polar expedition. Though torn between cultures, having spent a year with Peary's family in America, Billy Bah ultimately feels she must risk her life to find him. A compelling tale with enthralling details of the stark, beautiful Greenland landscape. Historical notes. Timeline. Glos.

Reviewer: April Mazza

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Emma Stevenson. The discovery of the titular ninety-five-hundred-year-old skeleton led to important findings about human migration but also sparked a legal battle and ignited conflict with Native Americans. Kirkpatrick sensitively delves into concepts of race and ancestry alongside thoughtful discussions of what we can learn about peoples' lives through study of their bones. Detailed color illustrations portray the skeleton and related artifacts. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

(3) 4-6 Marie Ahnighito Peary (daughter of North Pole explorer Robert Peary) loved her childhood home in the Arctic. In this absorbing book, Kirkpatrick artfully conveys the beauty of the region as well as the sense of adventure and peril faced by the Peary family. Historic family photos and maps enhance the vivid prose. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

(3) 4-6 A Huguenot family flees seventeenth-century France, eventually making a home in New York, where young Daniel fulfills his dream of becoming a master weaver like his father. This readable historical novel, which will appeal primarily to aficionados of the genre, includes an extensive historical note. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Ronald Himler. Young Thomas rows past the Redcoats to locate a Patriot whaleboat, and his mother, Nancy Strong, signals the news (via her clothesline) to Abraham Woodhull. Although Thomas's involvement is fictionalized, Strong and Woodhull were members of the Setauket Spy Ring during the Revolutionary War. Dramatic ink-and-watercolor illustrations accompany the somewhat awkwardly written text. Historical notes are appended.

Reviewer: Pamela McCuen

(3) 4-6 Based on a historical incident, this story is told in Susanna Hutchinson's voice, as she describes seeing her family massacred by Lenape Indians in 1633, and then being kidnapped and adopted by the tribe. She adapts to Native life and even conjures mystical visions, making her eventual return to colonial society a bittersweet experience. Susanna's ambivalence is convincingly portrayed in a novel filled with authentic detail.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta