Phillip M. Hoose
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"--
"At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten black teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down...
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Charts the rise of the legendary Crispus Attucks High School Tigers in the 1950s. By winning the Indiana state high school basketball boys' championship in 1955, ten teens from a school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana shattered the myth of their own inferiority."--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The story of the impactful partnership between humans and mockingbirds--a case study in courage, resiliency, and the power of a song--written by nonfiction powerhouse Phil Hoose"--
Over the past fifty years North America has seen its bird population decline by 50 percent. In spite of exploitation, near extinction, and a changing climate, the northern mockingbird has survived. Hoose examines the incredible alliance this bird has formed with humanity,...