(2) YA This accessible, self-assured biography introduces readers to this complex woman. Dash examines the relationships that helped shape Helen's accomplished life; the primary of these was with the volatile Annie Sullivan, whom many assumed was exploiting her pupil. Dash's Helen, while dependent on others, is neither pathetic nor ignorant. Readers will realize not only how extraordinary Helen was but also how she was a lot like everybody else. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Dusan Petricic. The spirit of inventiveness pervades this drama of John Harrison, eighteenth-century maker of clocks and watches, who spent his life building a timepiece accurate enough to determine longitude at sea. The comic art serves a dual purpose: it leavens the scientific weightiness and reinforces the imaginative spirit of Harrison as he struggles for forty years to assemble his creation. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000