(3) YA In this compelling piece of historical fiction, young Margaret Sanger watches her consumptive mother in near constant childbirth while helping to raise her many siblings. Margaret is painted as a feisty, free-spirited young woman frustrated by her limited options in the late 1880s. The novel doesn't cover her adult feminist activism or founding of Planned Parenthood, but a historical note explains more. Bib.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(3) YA Ripe for study in history or literature classes, this hard-hitting account of fictional sixteen-year-old Noah's involvement in the horrifically bloody Battle of Minisink alternates focus between the battle and its aftermath. Questions concerning duty, vengeance, human kindness, and war's futility arise naturally as Noah tends to a mortally wounded Mohawk teen--an enemy. Mann's characters are nuanced and well defined, despite the book's brevity. Biographical notes appended. Bib.

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin