(2) YA The Port Chicago 50 was a group of black navy recruits assigned the dangerous job of loading bombs onto battleships. When an (inevitable) explosion left hundreds dead, fifty men refused to go back to work, occasioning a trial for mutiny. An unusual entry point for the study of WWII and the nascent civil rights movement. Photographs are helpful, and documentation is thorough. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

(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) 4-6 Mary Fletcher, daughter of a Tahitian woman and Fletcher Christian, who led the mutiny of the HMS Bounty, must hide her true identity to remain safe. The tale is highly predictable and some plot devices seem unnecessary, but the premise of the story will intrigue Rinaldi's many fans. Bib.

Reviewer: Lauren Aimonette LIang