(1) YA Former U.S. Congressman Norman Mineta, who shares his childhood experiences at Heart Mountain Internment Camp, is the heart of this book about Japanese American internment during WWII. Warren smoothly moves from her subject's personal experiences to incorporate the larger picture of the 120,000 people interned across the U.S. Warren leaves much to ponder about our nation's past and present, about "this beautiful tapestry that is America." Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2019

(3) 4-6 This volume recounts the life of William (Billy) Cody from age seven to adulthood. Warren weaves in historical context by detailing Cody's involvement in conflicts such as the Kansas-Missouri Border War and the Civil War; she concludes with the eventual success of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The fast-paced narrative with generous notes is accompanied by period photographs and illustrations. Reading list. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(2) 4-6 Warren focuses on how Dickens's impoverished childhood led to a deep sense of empathy that manifested itself in his writing and his life. Young Charles was largely self-educated; when he became a writer, he infused his novels with his own experiences and observations of rundown London. Warren generally sticks to her focus, but the narrative also takes some interesting diversions. Websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011

(2) 4-6 Three children--a girl from a prominent Vicksburg family, the son of a minister, and Ulysses S. Grant's son--share, through edited first-person accounts, their experiences over the eighteen-month Battle of Vicksburg. That Fred Grant would be permitted (even encouraged) to accompany his father on such a dangerous campaign shows modern readers a reality much different from their own. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009

(2) 4-6 In 1975 an Amerasian child, Long, emigrated from Vietnam to the United States and was adopted. Warren deftly weaves into Long's story information about the Vietnam conflict, life in Saigon, the plight of children during war, and the political machinations involved in airlifting thousands of youngsters to safety during the American evacuation. Reading list, source notes. Ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2004

(2) 4-6 Based on interviews with Holocaust survivor Jack Mandelbaum, Warren's book stays close to its focus, gaining its impact through attention to the particulars of one boy's experience. Told with journalistic immediacy and less ponderous than many similar accounts published for children, this book is not only compelling testimony to the Holocaust but an involving survival story as well. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001

(2) 4-6 Introductory chapters explain how the orphan train program was begun in the 1850s by Charles Loring Brace and describe the role of agent Clara Comstock in accompanying orphans from New York to their new homes in the Midwest. The experiences of individual riders are described in the anecdotal, often touching text and accompanied by appealing black-and-white photographs. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2001

(2) 4-6 Grace McCance's father moved his family from Missouri to Nebraska in 1885, settling in a one-room sod house with no water supply. Based on Grace's daughter's memoir and family interviews, this is a nonfiction parallel to the Laura Ingalls Wilder stories, filled with the gritty details of a settler's life and told with a smooth storytelling style. Illustrated with family and archival photos. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Ann A. Flowers | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1998