Nominations
Updated June 3, 2009
Fiction
Abbott, Ellen Jensen. Watersmeet. Marshal Cavendish. 2009. 978-0-7614-5536-3. $16.99. A surge in religious fervor increases the intolerance and cruelty in her settlement, so Abisina tries to find the mysterious place where her unknown father waits, called Watersmeet.
Abrahams, Peter. Reality Check. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-122767-7. $16.99 A rich girl's former small-town boyfriend comes to search for her when she goes missing from her fancy boarding school.
Alvarez, Julia. Return to Sender. Random House/Knopf. 2009. 978-0-375-85838-3. $16.99. Tyler learns that honesty, patriotism, and the line between right and wrong are not always black and white when his family must hire migrant workers to save their Vermont dairy farm.
Anderson, Laure Halse. Wintergirls. Penguin/Viking Books. 2009. 978-0-670-01110-0. $17.99 Lia is haunted by her best friend's death from anorexia, as she struggles with the same eating disorder.
Boorhaem, Ellen. The Unnameables. Houghton Mifflin. 2008. 978-0-15-206368-9. $16.00. In a place where everything has a name and every name has a meaning, outsider Medford Runyuin struggles in vain to follow the rules of his adopted home.
Bray, Libba. Going Bovine. Random House/Delacorte. 2009. 978-0-385-73397-7. $17.99. Cameron knew there was something wrong when he started seeing pillars of fire and angels, but he never imagined he had mad cow disease.
Brooks, Laurie. Selkie Girl. Random House/Knopf. 2008. 978-0-375-85170-4. $15.99. Sixteen-year-old Elin Jean, ostracized because of her webbed fingers, discovers the reason for her mother's unhappiness after finding evidence of her own mysterious origins.
Burg, Anne E. All the Broken Pieces. Scholastic. 2009. 978-0-545-08092-7. $16.99. 12-year-old Matt struggles to cope with his memories of family left behind in war-torn Vietnam with the help of his adoptive parents, his music teacher, and his baseball coach.
Calame, Don. Swim the Fly. Candlewick Press. 2009. 978-0-7636-4157-3. $16.99. To impress a girl, un-athletic Matt volunteers to swim in the boys' butterfly competition with the help of his two true friends as they face their true summer's goal.
Cantor, Jillian. The September Sisters. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. 2009. 978-0-06-168648-1. $16.99. 13-year-old Abigail and her younger sister Becky have always fought, until the day Becky mysteriously disappears. Now Abby struggles to keep herself and her family together and find Becky’s killer.
Chaltas, Talia. Because I Am Furniture. Penguin/Viking. 2009. 978-0-670-06298-0. $16.99. Anke watches her siblings and mother suffer at the hands of her abusive father until she finds enough strength, through involvement in volleyball, to demonstrate her needs.
Clayton, Emma. The Roar. Scholastic/Chicken House. 2009. 978-0-439-92593-8. $17.99. The government is making thousands of children strong, agile and competitive, but why? Twelve-year-old Mika plays along, hoping the training will lead him to his kidnapped twin.
Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Highway to Hell. Random House / Delacorte Press. 2009. 978-0-385-73463-9. $16.99. Maggie and Lisa find their spring break road trip interrupted by a cow’s carcass which launches them into a hunt for an evil demon terrorizing a remote desert.
Cody, Matthew. Powerless. Random House/Knopf. 2009. 978-0-375-89353-7. $15.99. In Nobles Green there are six kids with superpowers, but the night they turn 13 the powers, and their memory of them, disappear.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic/ Scholastic Press. 2009. 978-0-439-02349-8. $17.99. After winning the Hunger Games, Katniss is preoccupied with the government’s expectations for her romantic life. She soon has more important worries—including revolts in the Districts and new Game rules.
Cooney, Caroline B. If the Witness Lied. Random House/Delacorte. 2009. 978-0-385-73448-6. $16.99. Siblings Jack, Madison and Smithy work to protect their 2 year old brother Tris from media exploitation and their not-quite-aunt Cheryl.
Crowley, Suzanne Carlisle. The Stolen One. Harper Collins/Greenwillow. 2009. 978-0-06-123200-8. $17.99 In searching for her identity, Spirit finds that she is the daughter of a former queen and realizes who she truly loves, at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
Davies, Jacqueline. Lost. Marshall Cavendish. 2009. 978-0-7614-5535-6. $16.99. Essie, 16, sews all day for pennies at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to help feed her fatherless family and now to forget her little sister's death. Then the fire happens.
De La Pena, Matt. We Were Here. Random House/Delacorte Press. 2009. 978-0-385-73667-1. Miguel, sentenced to a group home for a horrible crime, must overcome his self-hatred while on the run with two other criminals.
Dessen, Sarah. Along For the Ride. Penguin/Viking. 2009. 978-0-670-01194-0. $16.99. Auden’s summer becomes one of second chances, not just for her but for her family and friends as well. The more chances she takes, the more she discovers about herself.
Echols, Jennifer. Going Too Far. Simon Pulse/MTV Pocket Books. 2009. 978-1-4165-7173-5. $11.00. Meg is the blue haired girl in a small town, John is the cop who picks her up one night, and the relationship that develops causes all sorts of problems.
Ellis, Ann Dee. Everything Is Fine. Little, Brown and Company. 2009. 978-0-316-01364-2. $16.99.Mazzy spends her summer making art and heating up marshmallows in the microwave, mainly because her mother won’t get out of bed and her father has left her alone.
Engle, Margarita. Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba. Henry Holt. 2009. 978-0-8050-8936-3. $16.99. In 1939, Daniel leaves his family behind when he flees the horrors of holocaust Europe. Now a refugee in Cuba, he must find hope to make a life for himself.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. Harcourt. 2009. 978-0-15-206384-9. $17.00 Jessica Packwood begins her senior year unaware that she’s destined to become the bride of an arrogant vampire prince who expects to establish his birthright and claim his prize.
Ferraro,Tina. The ABC's of Kissing Boys. Random House Children's Books/Delacorte Press. 2009. 978-0-385-73582-7. $8.99. Learning to kiss from her father's archenemy's son (a freshman) can lead to consequences Parker never imagined. A funny, poignant, and sweet Romeo and Juliet.
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay. Penguin/ Dutton. 2009. 978-0-525-42103-0. $16.99. While in a coma after her family is killed in a car accident, Mia struggles to decide whether to live or die.
Foxlee, Karen. The Anatomy of Wings. Random House / Knopf. 2009. 978-0-375-95643-0. $16.99. Jenny’s beautiful sister is dead and nothing makes sense anymore. The only way for Jenny to right her world is to analyze the events leading up to her sister’s death.
Garsee, Jeannine. Say the Word. Bloomsbury. 2009. 978-1-59990-333-0. $16.99. After her estranged mother dies, Shawna Gallagher refuses to accept her dysfunctional home life and attempts to make peace with her mother’s lesbian lover.
George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball. Bloomsbury. 2009. 978-1-59990-322-4. $16.99.When the decade long war ends, professional solider Galen finds work as a gardener in the king’s garden, only to help solve the puzzle involving twelve dancing princesses.
Gill, David Macinnis. Soul Enchilada. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-167301-6. $16.99. When a repo demon comes for her Cadillac, Bug Smoot finds that her deceased grandfather pledged both her soul and her car as collateral on a deal.
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. Penguin/Viking Books. 2008. 978-0-670-06227-0. $19.99. Sixteen-year-old Eon is the unlikeliest candidate for Dragoneye, but she holds great power and a dangerous secret that just might make her the greatest Dragoneye for centuries.
Grant, K.M. Blue Flame: Book One, The Perfect Fire Trilogy. Walker & Company. 2008. 978-0-8027-9694-3. $16.99. In 1242 France, Parsifal, who has devoted his life to guarding the Blue Flame, helps a young couple whose families are in the bloody conflict between Catholics and Cathars.
Griffin, Paul. The Orange Houses. Penguin/Dial Books. 2009. 978-0-8037-3346-6. $16.99. Despite poverty, gang violence, and lack of appropriate supports, three inner-city teens come together and try to beat the odds and succeed in life.
Gringas, Charlotte. Pieces of Me. Kids Can Press. 2009. 978-1-55453-242-1. $17.95. Pieces of Mira: her crazy domineering mother, her mostly absent father, her artistic talent, her first friend Cath, the birdman. Will the pieces come together to free her to be herself?
Hartinger, Brent. Project Sweet Life. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-082411-2. $16.99. Three friends spend the summer scheming to raise enough money so they won't have to get summer jobs but find this may be harder than actually working.
Headley, Justina Chen. North of Beautiful. Little, Brown and Company. 978-0-316-02505-8. $16.99. Terra Cooper is held back in life by her facial port-wine stain, her controlling father and herself. When she meets Jacob’s family, she and her mother begin to escape.
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea. Penguin/Viking. 2008. 978-0-670-06330-7. $16.99. His mother is dead and his father is missing at sea. With a horrific storm brewing, can sixteen-year-old Ben and his younger brothers survive?
Hernandez, David. No More Us for You. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-117333-2. $16.99. Carlos has a cheating girlfriend, a mystery man urinating on the floor at work, and a friend in a coma. Can Isabel—still grieving her dead boyfriend—help him cope?
Herrick, Steven. Cold Skin. Boyd's Mill Press Inc./Front Street. 2009. 978-1-59078-572-0. $18.95. In a small Australian town, a murder brings everyone under suspicion, especially Albert Holding and his sons.
Hoban, Julia. Willow. Penguin Group/ Dial Books. 2009. 978-0-8037-3356-5. $16.99. Willow uses self-mutilation to deal with losing her parents to a car crash. Soon, a guy named Guy enters her life and helps her to deal with her issues.
Howell, Simmone. Everything Beautiful. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-042-1. $19.99. Riley is intent on escaping the Christian camp her father has sent her to before the week is out, but meeting Dylan Luck, who uses a wheelchair, challenges her own beliefs and plans.
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Sister Wife. Orca. 2008. 978-1-55143-927-3. $12.95. Celeste lives in a remote polygamist society but chafes at her coming marriage. There is an option to leave everything she knows, but that is the problem.
Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Harcourt/ Houghton Mifflin. 2009. 978-0-15-206609-3. $17.00. Nina Harrison, now and forever a teenage vampire, leads her dysfunctional crew of bloodsuckers on a mission to halt vampire persecution and rescue a vicious werewolf.
Jones, Carrie. Need. Bloomsbury. 2008. 978-1-59990-338-5. $16.99. Zara moves to Bedford and discovers that not everything is what it seems in the small Maine town.
King, A.S. The Dust of 100 Dogs. Llewellyn Publications/Flux. 2009. 978-0-7387-1426-4. $9.95After being cursed to live the lives of 100 dogs before being reborn as a human, former pirate Emer Morrisey returns to Jamaica to reclaim treasure buried centuries before.
Levine, Kristine. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had. Penguin/G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2009. 978-0-399-25090-3. $16.99. 1917 Alabama, 12-year-old Dit’s life in rural Moundville becomes complicated and tragic by his friendship with Emma, the African American daughter of the new postman.
Libby, Alisa M. The King’s Rose. Penguin/Dutton. 2009. 978-0-525-47970-3. $17.99. A pawn to her family's ambition, Catherine Howard tries to give Henry VIII a son.
Livingston, Leslie. Wondrous Strange. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-157539-6. $16.99. Faeries, pixies, Janus guards, and struggling actresses populate this fantasy that weaves Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream with a contemporary New York City Setting.
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River. 2009. 978-1-4169-7582-3. $15.99. In 1968 Chicago, Sam struggles to decide whether to support his father's nonviolent approach to civil rights or his brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Marino, Peter. Magic and Misery. Holiday House. 2009. 978-0-8234-2133-6. $19.95 TJ and her gay best friend Pan enjoy their close friendship until Caspar asks TJ out on a date. TJ stuggles to balance her time between Pan and Caspar.
Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays. Scholastic. 2009. 978-0-545-05239-9. $16.99. On Amanda's eleventh birthday everything goes wrong, and she is celebrating without her best friend. When she wakes up the next morning, it's her birthday again...and again...and again.
McKernan, Victoria. The Devil’s Paintbox. Random House/Knopf. 2009. 978-0-375-83750-0. $16.99. Orphaned siblings Aiden and Maddy have survived Kansas, barely, setting out on the Oregon Trail just to have regular meals. But the trip is more than they expected...
McMann, Lisa. Fade. Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse. 2009. 978-141695358-6. $15.99. Janie’s ability to see people’s dreams leads police to a predator who is assaulting girls at her high school. But this gift may jeopardize the first love she’s ever known.
Meminger, Neesha. Shine, Coconut Moon. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2009. 978-1-4169-5495-8. $16.99. Samar (Sam) is a Sikh ostensibly Americanized, until her uncle shows up, igniting her interest in her culture and past in a post-9/11 world.
Myers, Walter Dean. Dope Sick. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-121477-6. $16.00. An undercover cop is shot in a drug sting. Wounded, dealer Lil J is hiding in an abandoned apartment with a stranger and a TV that replays events in Lil J’s life.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou. Random House / Knopf. 2009. 978-0-385-74654-0. $16.99. 14-year-old Calogero emigrates to Louisiana in 1899, where his tiny Sicilian community faces discrimination and worse in a small town where they’re considered neither black nor white.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Cricket Man. Simon & Schuster/Ginee Seo Books. 2008. 978-1-4169-4981-7. $16.99. "Superhero" Cricket Man rescues crickets, fights bullies, saves a drowning child, helps a friend after the birth of her illegitimate baby, and delivers the baby to safety.
Northrop, Michael. Gentlemen. Scholastic. 2009. 978-0-545-09749-9. $16.99. After one of four rough cut high school guys disappears, his friends become suspicious of their teacher Mr. Haberman, who refers to them as gentlemen while teaching Crime and Punishment.
Nuzum, K.A. The Leanin’ Dog. Harper Collins/Joanna Cotler Books. 2008. 978-0-06-113934-5. $15.99. The only witness at her mother’s death, Dessa Dean is paralyzed with fear and loneliness. She won’t leave the house. A skittish, injured stray dog is her only hope for healing.
Pike, Aprilynne. Wings. Harper Collins Publishers/HarperTeen. 2009. 978-0-06-166803-6. $16.99. Laurel discovers she is a faerie when a beautiful flower blossoms out of her back, and she and her friend David seek to find out her place in the world.
Polak, Monique. What World Is Left? Orca. 2008. 978-1-55143-847-4. $12.95. When Anneke and her family are sent to Theresienstadt, the "model" concentration camp, she struggles to understand how her father could cooperate with the Nazis in order to improve their family's situation.
Rallison, Janette. My Fair Godmother. Walker & Company. 2009. 978-0-8027-9780-3. $16.99. Savannah learns to be careful what she wishes for when her fairy godmother sends to the middle ages.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla. Candlewick Press. 2009. 978-0-7636-3031-7. $16.99. Jamie has run away from his family, military school, and his troubled past. He sets out via bus to visit his dying brother, writing letters along the way.
Resau, Laura. The Indigo Notebook. Random House/Delacorte. 2009. 978-0-375-89384-1. $16.99. Zeeta has lived in a different country every year with her mom Layla. Instead of enjoying their nomadic existence, she wants a boring suburban life and a normal boring dad.
Riordan, Rick. The Last Olympian. Disney Book Group/Hyperion. 2009. 978-1-4231-0147-5. $17.99. The fifth installment of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series unfolds the long-awaited prophecy and Percy battles for the survival of Western civilization.
Runyon, Brent. Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Parts. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf. 2009. 978-0-375-84446-1. $16.99. Every summer Luke spends two weeks vacationing at a lake, and every year things are just slightly different.
Ryan, Carrie. Forests of Hands and Teeth. Random House/Delacorte. 2009. 978-0-385-90631-9. $19.99. Mary’s village is protected by a fence keeping out the Unconsecrated-who are undead craving human flesh-until a massive breach launches the teenage girl into a fight for survival.
Schrefer, Eliot. The School for Dangerous Girls. Scholastic. 2009. 978-0-545-03528-6. $17.99. Angela has been sent to Hidden Oak, a special boarding school for the most difficult girls. The worst ones never leave.
Simner, Janie Lee. Bones of Faerie. Random House. 2009. 978-0-3758-4563-5. $16.99. Liza is caught in a world where magic is deadly and her powers lead her on a quest to find her missing mother.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. Penguin/G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2009. 978-0-399-24709-5. $16.99. During WWII Ida Mae Jones must go against her family and heritage to join the Army’s WASP program and fulfill her dream of being a pilot.
Sniegoski, Tom. Legacy. Random House/Delacorte. 2009. 978-0-385-73714-2. $15.99. High school dropout Lucas Moore is shaken to learn he’s the son of The Raptor, a superhero sworn to protect Seraph City, who now wants Lucas to fight crime.
Springer, Nancy. Somebody. Holiday House. 2009. 978-0-8234-2099-5. $16.95. Fifteen-year-old Sherica has moved around the country with her father and brother. Flashbacks and the opportunity to log into the Internet, answers the unanswered questions about her family.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception. Llewell/Flux. 2008. 978-0-7387-1370-0. $9.95. Shy and ordinary Deirdre finds herself caught up in an ancient struggle in the faerie world when she meets Luke, a sexy musician with a very dark past.
Stoffels, Karlijn. Heartsinger. Scholastic/Alfred E. Knopf. 2009. 978-0-545-06929-8. $16.99. Mee, the singer of sorrows, and Mitou, the merrymaker, are destined to meet and change the life of a princess. Can they change one another?
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books. 2009. 978-0-545-05474-4. $17.99. Marcelo—a teen who exhibits Asperger-like behaviors—is forced to leave his job caring for horses to work in his father’s law firm and experience “the real world.”
Stroud, Jonathan. Heroes of the Valley. Disney Book Group/Hyperion. 2009. 978-1-4231-0966-2. $17.99. Halli lives in the shadow of his brother and the ancient heroes of his homeland, but when his family is threatened, he is unafraid to face enemies - whether human or not.
Summers, Courtney. Cracked Up to Be. St. Martin's Press/St. Martin's Griffin. 2009. 978-0-312-38369-5. $9.99. Once a perfectionist cheerleader, Parker Fadley now comes to school drunk and lashes out at classmates and teachers in a hateful voice that masks her inner pain.
Tan, Shaun. Tales from Outer Suburbia. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books. 2009. 978-0-545-05587-1. $19.99. Giant floating poetry balls, living stick figures, strange creatures from the sea and an all-knowing water buffalo are some of the wonders found in this lushly illustrated collection of stories.
Thompson, Kate. Creature of the Night. Roaring Brook Press. 2009. 978-1-59-643511-7. $17.95. Juvenile delinquent Bobby resists his mother’s plan to move to the countryside, but his anger becomes fear as he learns about local history and the creatures who rule the fields.
Valentine, Jenny. Broken Soup. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-085071-5. $16.99. Since Rowan’s brother died, her mother’s been depressed, and she’s been caring for her sister alone. When a stranger insists that a photo negative belongs to her, Rowan’s life changes.
Van Diepen, Alison. Raven: Death is Inevitable, Passion is Eternal. Simon & Shuster/Simon Pulse. 2009. 978-1-41697899-2. $15.99. Escaping her dreadful family is Raven’s goal when dancing with the crew at Evermore. Raven’s attraction for mysterious Zin leads to an ancient secret and the possibility of eternal love.
Volponi, Paul. Response. Penguin/Viking. 2009. 978-0-670-06283-6. $15.99. After being severely beaten with a baseball batduring a hate crime, seventeen-year-old Noah must determine how he will let the event change him.
Whitcomb, Laura. The Fetch. Houghton Mifflin. 2009. 978-0-618-89131-3. $17.00. Calder, a 350-year old "Fetch" that accompanies souls to heaven, breaks all his vows for a woman, wreaking havoc in the world of lost souls.
Williams, Carol Lynch. The Chosen One. Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin. 2009. 978-0-312-55511-5. $16.95. When the Prophet commands thirteen-year-old Kyra to marry her aging uncle, her family is shaken. Desperate to escape, Kyra knows that running away puts them all at risk.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Jumped. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-076091-5. $16.99. When Trina unknowingly insults Dominique in the hallway, she’s in danger of being jumped after school. Leticia could warn her, but she’s reluctant to get involved.
Wolff, Virginia E. This Full House. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-158304-9. $17.99. LaVaughn perseveres through a broken heart while discovering a new love and determining what it means to have character in the face of challenging friendships, conclusion of Make Lemonade trilogy.
Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Uninvited. Candlewick Press. 2009. 978-0-7636-3984-6. $16.99. When Mimi decides she has to get out of town, she retreats to her father’s cabin in the Canadian wilderness. Unease, mystery, and spookiness decide to follow.
Yang, Gene Luen. The Eternal Smile. Roaring Brook/First Second. 2009. 978-1-59643-156-0. $16.95. Three tales in one graphic novel show the paper-thin margin that separates fantasy from reality for a warrior, a frog and a girl.
Zemser, Amy Bronwen. Dear Julia. Harper Collins/Greenwillow Book. 2008. 978-0-06-029458-8. $16.99. Sixteen-year-old Elaine Hamilton wants to be a chef like her hero, Julia Child, but her bossy and flamboyant best friend, Lucida Sans, is about to make life much more interesting.
Nonfiction
Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith. Henry Holt and Company. 978-0-8050-8721-5. $18.95. This lively biography of Charles Darwin focuses on the family life of one of the world’s most famous scientists, including the impact differing religious beliefs had on the family’s relationships.
Hoose, Phillip M. Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2009. 978-0-374-31322-9. $19.95. As a teen, Claudette Colvin sparked the protest that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and desegregation of public facilities by refusing to relinquish her seat to a white woman.
Gutman, Dan (Editor). Recycle This Book: What You Can Do to Save the World! 100 Top Children’s Book Authors Tell You How to Go Green. Random House/Yearling. 2009. 978-0-385-73721-0. $5.99. Favorite authors of children’s and young adult books reveal interesting habits and history while suggesting ways to conserve energy, recycle, and protect our environment.
Sandler, Martin W. The Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering. National Geographic Society/National Geographic Children’s Books. 2009. 978-1-4263-0462-0. $17.95. Alfred Beach’s invention of the first NYC subway and engineering vision of a subway system beneath the ground paved the way for today’s mass transit in the Big Apple.
Smithson, Ryan. Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI. Harper Collins/Harper Teen. 2009. 978-0-06-166468-7. $16.99. After joining the Army Reserves at age 17, Ryan Smithson describes his experiences at boot camp and being deployed to Iraq as 19-year-old soldier.
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Lerner/Carolrhoda Books. 2009. 978-0-8225-7135-3. $22.95. This book offers an incredible look at how ancient bones can reveal the details about the daily lives of colonial Americans.
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