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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

2006

The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong; illustrated by Roger Roth

The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux; translated by Y. Maudet

Pieces of Georgia by Jennifer Bryant

Prizefighter en Mi Casa by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

Pompeii by Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Bonnie Christensen

A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt

What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau

Small Steps by Louis Sachar

The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick

Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur Slade

Sparrow by Sherri L. Smith

Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop

Small Beauties by Elvira Woodruff; illustrated by Adam Rex Selectors' Choice!

Wild Lives by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld; illustrated by Wildlife Conservation Society

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2005

A Heart Divided by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld (Contemporary Concerns)

The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss by Charles Cohen (Biography)
Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (Biography)

The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D. (Folktales)

The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Biography) Selectors' Choice!

Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Hear that Train Whistle Blow! How the Railroad Changed the World by Milton Meltzer (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas) Selectors' Choice!

The Quilt by Gary Paulsen (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins (Social Interactions and Relationships)

Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop by Mary Quattlebaum (Social Interactions and Relationships)

A Fine St. Patrick's Day by Susan Wojciechowski; illustrated by Tom Curry (Folktales) Selectors' Choice!

2004

American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military From the Revolution to Desert Storm by Tonya Bolden (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

The Daring Nellie Bly by Bonnie Christensen (Biography)

My Grandmother's Stories by Adele Geras; illustrated by Anita Lobel (Folktales)

Rider in the Sky by John R. Hulls; illustrated by David Weitzman (Biography)

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (Contemporary Concerns)

Inside the Alamo by Jim Murphy (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Half and Half by Lensey Namioka (Geography, Peoples, and Places)

Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa (Contemporary Concerns)

A Sweet Year by Mark Podwal (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (World History and Culture)

Cowboys and Longhorns: A Portrait of the Long Drive by Jerry Stanley (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Chig and the Second Spread by Gwenyth Swain (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

To the Edge of the World by Michele Torrey (World History and Culture)

2003

Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Shattered edited by Jennifer Armstrong (Contemporary Concerns)

Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Where the Action Was by Penny Colman (World History and Culture)

Left for Dead by Peter Nelson (Contemporary Concerns)

Quiver by Stephanie Spinner (World History and Culture)

2002

Anne Frank in the World compiled by the Anne Frank House (World History and Culture)

Woody Guthrie by Bonnie Christensen (Biography)

Mountain Men: True Grit and Tall Tales by Andrew Glass (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Vincent Van Gogh by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (Biography)

Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence (World History and Culture)

There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights by Milton Melzer (Contemporary Concerns)

Thicker Than Water: Coming-of-Age Stories by Irish and Irish-American Writers edited by Gordon Snell (Social Interactions and Relationships)

The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian (Contemporary Concerns)

2001

The Playmaker by J.B. Cheaney (World History and Culture)

Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman (World History and Culture)

North Star to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad by Gena K. Gorrell; illustrated by Clement Oubrerie (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Jefferson's Children by Shannon Lanier and Jane Feldman (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

2001

Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett (Biography)

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

The Century for Young People by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster (Reference)

The Wild Colorado: The True Adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, Age 17, On the Second Powell Expedition Into the Grand Canyon by Richard Maurer (History, Life, and Culture in the Americas)

Eyewitness Books: The Olympics by Chris Oxlade and David Ballheimer (Reference)

Alida's Song by Gary Paulsen (Contemporary Concerns)

Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen (Geography, Peoples, and Places)

Lena by Jacqueline Woodson (Contemporary Concerns)