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The Slave Dancer (Stub)
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The cover of the first edition of the book, published in 1973

Author                         Paula Fox

Translator                     Bruce Davis

Illustrator                      Eros Keith

Cover artist                   Eros Keith

Country                        United States

Language                     English

Genre                          Historical novel

Publisher                      Bradbury Press Publication date            November 1974

Media type                    Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Pages                          176 pages

ISBN                             0-87888-062-3

OCLC                           804264

LC Class                       PZ7.F838 Sl

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The Slave Dancer is a children's book written by Paula Fox and published in 1973. It tells the story of a boy called Jessie Bollier who witnessed first-hand the savagery of the African slave trade. The book not only includes an historical account, but it also touches upon the emotional conflicts felt by those involved in transporting the slaves from Africa to other parts of the world. In addition, the book also received the Newbery Medal in the year of 1974.

Characters
Agatha Bollier

Betty Bollier

Jessie Bollier

Mrs. Bollier

Captain Cawthorne

Adolph Curry

Daniel

Ned Grime

Jessie’s father

Clay Purvis

Ras

Claudius Sharkey

Nicholas Spark Benjamin Stout

Awards
Preceded by Julie of the Wolves

Newbery Medal recipient 1974

Succeeded by M. C. Higgins, the Great

See Also:

 * African Americans
 * Historical fiction
 * List of historical fiction by time period
 * Historical fiction awards

Doctor De Soto (Stub)
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Front cover of unknown edition

Author                           William Steig

Illustrator                       William Steig

Country                         United States

Genre                           Children's picture book

Publisher                      Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication date           1982

Media type                   Print

Pages                          32 pp

ISBN                            0-374-41810-1

Doctor De Soto is a picture book for children written and illustrated by William Steig and first published in 1982. It features a mouse-dentist who must help a fox with a toothache without being eaten.

Steig and his book won the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Picture Books, Hardcover, as did Barbara Cooney for Miss Rumphius.

Doctor De Soto was also recognized as a Newbery Honor Book, at 32 pages one of the shortest to be honored in that awards program.

Contents
1 Plot

2 Adaptations

3 Notes

4 References

5 External links

Plot
The story is about Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist who lives in a world of animals who act as humans. He and his wife, who serves as his assistant, work together to treat patients with as little pain as possible. Dr. De Soto uses different chairs, depending on the size of the animal, with Mrs. De Soto guiding her husband with a system of pulleys for treating extra-large animals. They refuse to treat any animal who likes to eat mice. One day, a fox with a toothache drops by and begs for treatment. Dr. De Soto feels pity for the fox; Mrs. De Soto suggests they risk it, and they admit the fox for treatment. They give the fox some anesthetic and proceed to treat the bad tooth. However, while under the effects of the anesthetic, the fox unknowingly exclaims how he would love to eat the mice, but also notes that it is crass to try to eat the creature that had just relieved him of much pain. The De Sotos remove the bad tooth, and tell the fox to come back the next day to get a false tooth. Later that night, Dr. and Mrs. De Soto debate whether to readmit the fox. Dr. De Soto feels it was foolish to trust a fox, but Mrs. De Soto says she thinks the fox was reacting to the anesthetic in his comments. In the end Dr. De Soto vows to finish the job, and they prepare the new tooth, formulating a plan for how to insert it without getting eaten. The next day, the fox returns; he is much happier, out of pain, and anxiously awaits installation of his new tooth. The De Sotos proceed with their work, but the fox is licking his lips and thinking about eating the mice. The De Sotos use a long stick to open his jaws and put in the new tooth. The fox has decided to eat them, but his jaws are braced apart, so he cannot grab them. Dr. De Soto uses a special mouth glue and spreads it onto the fox's teeth. When the fox closes his mouth, his teeth are stuck together. The De Sotos tell him to wait a few days or a few hours before the special glue wears off. (They kept their plan a secret from the fox and pretended that it was part of the treatment). The fox goes home, not realizing that he had been tricked, but disappointed at his failure to eat the De Sotos. The book ends with the DeSotos triumphant at having "outfoxed the fox", and they take the day off.

Characters:
Dr.De Soto

Mrs. De Soto

The Fox

Awards:

 * 1983 Newbery Medal Honor Book
 * 1983 National Book Award Winner

Adaptations
An animated short of Doctor De Soto was directed in 1984 by American Michael Sporn. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Also in 1984 the film adaptation of this book received the CINE Golden Eagle Award in Education.

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (Stub)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow is a non-fiction children's book written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and published in 2005. It received the Newbery Honor medal in 2006. The book is a study of the Hitler Youth, a paramilitary organization of children dedicated to furthering the aims of the Third Reich, and is organized around interviews with 12 former members and their experiences in the organization.

One episode of the book is fleshed out into her novel The Boy Who Dared, about Helmuth Hübener, the youngest person to be sentenced to death by the Nazis during World War II.

Author            Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Illustrator

Country        The United States

Language        English

Genre            Non-fiction

Publisher        Scholastic, Inc.

Publication date    2005

Media type        Print

Pages            176

ISBN 9780439353793

Awards:

 * 2006 Newbery Medal Honor Book
 * 2006 NTCE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
 * 2006 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

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= Breaking Stalin's Nose (Stub) =

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Author                                 Eugene Yelchin
Illustrator                                             Eugene Yelchin

Language                                            English

Genre                                                  Historical fiction

Publisher                                             Henry Holt and Co.

Publication date                                   September 27, 2011

Media type                                           Print (Hardcover)

Pages                                                  160 pp

ISBN                                                     9780805092165

OCLC                                                   692291005

LC Class                                               PZ7.Y3766

Breaking Stalin's Nose is a 2011 children's historical fiction novel written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. It is set in Moscow during the Stalin era and shows a boy's disillusion with his hero Stalin after his father is unjustly arrested. The novel was given a 2012 Newbery Honor award for excellence in children's literature [1] along with numerous other awards and distinctions. Translations of the novel into Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Romanian and Turkish have been published.

Awards:
Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year

ALA Notable Children's Book

Booklist Top Ten Historical Fiction Book for Youth

Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year

Horn Book Best Children's Book of the Year

Junior Library Guild Selection

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children

Women's National Book Association's Judy Lopez Memorial Award Winner

Michigan Library Association Mitten Award Recipient

Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice

Children's Literature Council of Southern California Distinguished Work of Historical Fiction

Children's Choice Book of the Year in Russia

Newbery Medal Honor Book in 2012

= Doctor De Soto (Start) = Doctor De Soto is a children’s novel written and illustrated by author William Steig in 1982. In addition, Doctor De Soto was also a Newbery Honor Book and a National Book Award winner in the following year in 1983.

Author            William Steig
Illustrator        William Steig

Country        The United States

Language        English

Genre            Fantasy

Publisher        Farrar Straus Giroux

Publication date    1982

Media type        Print

Pages            32

ISBN            978-0-312-61189-7

Plot:
This novel starts off with a dentist by the name of Doctor De Soto, who is also a mouse. Doctor De Soto, along with his wife (Mrs. De Soto) practice dentistry on the other animals in their community. Day in and day out, Doctor De Soto and his wife treat patients of all sizes (both big and small) from other mice their size, to animals like pigs, cows, and donkeys. However, the only kind of animals they do not treat are the kind that are carnivores, along with other dangerous animals. In connection, they would often peer out from their window once the door bell rings to identify the potential client before admittance to ensure their safety.

On a particular day, the De Sotos looked out of their window and saw a elegantly dressed fox with a bandage wrapped around his jaw. Weeping from the pain in his mouth, the nicely dressed fox begged the good doctor for mercy and admittance into the doctor’s establishment. Taking on the risk, they broke their cardinal rule of admittance and allowed the fox into the building. Upon entering the doctor’s establishment, the fox beg some more and the doctor examined his rotten tooth. With a brief moment of closing his mouth with the doctor in it, the fox also imagined and pondered the thought of eating the De Sotos. After removing the bad tooth, the doctor informed the fox that he would have to return the following day receive his gold replacement tooth the doctor would construct for him.

That night, the De Sotos took the time to consider the possible intentions of the fox after he received his replacement tooth. Likewise, they plotted a suitable contingency plan to the fox’s wicked nature. Doctor De Soto is determine to finish the job he has stated, despite the dangerous risk it poses to the safety of him and his wife.

Following the doctor’s orders, the fox (having pondered on whether or not to eat the doctor and his wife) returned to the establishment of the De Sotos once more the next day. Upon placing the gold tooth within the fox’s mouth, Doctor De Soto offers the fox a liquid substance that he claims would completely illuminate future toothaches forever. In this case, the fox accepts the offer and Doctor De Soto stepped into the fox’s mouth one last time to apply the substance on every tooth. After the fox closes his mouth down tight for a quick minute (as instructed to do by the doctor), he realizes that his jaw is is shut tight and he cannot seem to open it. Accordingly, Doctor De Soto informs the fox that he will be unable to open his mouth for at least a day or two and the fox (unable to physically do anything about it) thanked the De Sotos for their help, and left their office in peace.

In conclusion, the De Sotos were pleased at their ingenious success in outfoxing the fox, and gave themselves the rest of the day off.

Characters:

 * Doctor De Soto: A caring, thoughtful, and considerate mouse that practises dentistry in a community of personified animals.
 * Mrs. De Soto: The Doctor’s assistant and caring wife (more or less than him), who is skeptical of the fox’s intentions and worryful of her and her husband's safety while servicing him.
 * The fox: A conniving, vindictive, and sly fox, who is properly dressed and in pain with a toothache, seeking the help of the De Sotos to sate his lustful hunger (as well as his tooth pain).

Critical Reception:
Among many critics that felt the novel was a strong center piece for Stieg, George A. Woods asserted that “William Steig is the thorough professional too. His artistic touch--his sense of story and use of color--is sure and deft.” Within Kristi T. Beavin and Trevelyn E. Jones’ book review in the School Library Journal, they mention how “The story has altogether a sturdier, more everyday reality than do Steig’s earlier books...Here..The language is less lyrical, reflecting the more literal quality of the tale, and the illustrations are carefully crafted street scenes and office interiors (detailed even to the tiny set of half-size stairs that accommodate the dentist’s tinier patients) instead of the dentist’s tinier patients) instead of the shimmering pastorals of Sylvester.” Lastly, according to Ruth Wenten and Lillian N. Gerhardt in the School Library Journal, they stated that “Steig’s marvelously detailed drawings enhance the story so greatly that the book should be made available while the record is playing.”

Awards:

 * Newbery Medal Honor Book in 1983.
 * Winner of the National Book Award in 1983.

See Also:

 * 1983 in Literature
 * Fiction
 * Fiction writing
 * Libraries in fiction
 * History of Fiction
 * Fantasy
 * Mythology