(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Robert Byrd. Edinger creates a fictional first-person voice for Margru, one of four Mende children aboard the Amistad, and through her eyes relates her enslavement in Africa, the shipboard revolt, and the captives' two-year stay in Connecticut while their mutiny case was being tried. Edinger avoids sensationalism without underselling the more disturbing parts of the story. Byrd's pen-and-watercolor illustrations embellish and extend the story. Bib.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013

(4) YA Essential Events series. The book's first chapter relates the story of rebellion by African captives aboard the Amistad. Much of the rest of the volume deals with legal battles over the Africans' plight and ownership of the ship. Tension between the U.S. and Spain over illegal slave trading is also discussed. Drawings, photographs, maps, and sidebars enhance the main text but tend to crowd it. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Famous Court Cases That Became Movies series. This series provides detailed descriptions of both the court cases in question and the movies (none released recently) about them. Some of the texts make relevant connections; in other instances, the breadth of coverage obscures the big picture about why these cases are important. Historical photographs and documents are interspersed with movie stills. Reading list, websites. Glos, ind. Review covers these Famous Court Cases That Became Movies titles: The Amistad Mutiny, Witchcraft on Trial, and The Bounty Mutiny.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) 4-6 In World History series. These books present their subjects' lives amid their historical contexts. Flowers discusses the enigmatic interactions between Aztec ruler Montezuma and the Spanish Cortés; Worth presents African slave Cinqué's legally complicated story. Dark black-and-white photos and artwork, as well as excerpts from primary documents, accompany the texts. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian