HNR Issue 40 (May 2007)
April in Paris
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Don’t be fooled by this book’s unfortunate UK cover. This is not another romantic wartime saga, but a powerful study of ...Read Review
Prison Ship
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1803. In this second Sam Witchell adventure, 15-year-old Sam is an experienced ‘powder monkey’ aboard HMS Elephant. The battle of Copenhagen is imminent and ...Read Review
The Wednesday Wars
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As the only Presbyterian in his seventh-grade class in Long Island in 1967-68, Holling Hoodhood has to spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, ...Read Review
Stanley, The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer
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There are many false beliefs about the man known as Henry Morton Stanley. Born in 1840 in Denbigh, his real name was John Rowlands, ...Read Review
Savage Kingdom: Virginia and the Founding of English America
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A brilliant book, researched in great detail. It paints a picture of the life of the early settlers who arrived in Virginia in 1607, ...Read Review