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|  | One Room School by Laurence Pringle Noted writer Laurence Pringle guides readers through the last year of World War II and the one-room school of his childhood--School 14 in Monroe County, New York. Barbara Garrison's folk-style illustrations, presented as snapshots in an album, help capture the feeling of that time and place. Full color. AUTHOR: Laurence Pringle PUBLISHER: Boyds Mills Press FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Somebody Else's Kids by Torey L. Hayden Were all just somebody else's kids... A small seven-year-old boy who couldn't speak except to repeat weather forecasts and other people's words...A beautiful little girl of seven who had been brain damaged by terrible parental beatings and was so ashamed because she couldn't learn to read...A violently angry ten-year-old who had seen his stepmother murder his father and had been sent from one foster home to another ...A shy twelve-year-old from a Catholic school which put her out when she became pregnant... What do we matter? Why do you care? They were four problem children-put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together, with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else. AUTHOR: Torey L. Hayden PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Broken Sky by Chris Wooding, Steve Kyte Description not available.Trapped in an unbelievably strange world, Kia and Ryushi must struggle to understand their family's secret past, carve out a future for themselves, and escape to their own land. AUTHOR: Chris Wooding, Steve Kyte PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Piece of Cake by Jill Murphy A family of elephants take part in a weight-loss program. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Jill Murphy PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Argentina the People by Greg Nickles Description not available.Describes the leisure activities and daily lives of early settlers, immigrants, and natives of Argentina. AUTHOR: Greg Nickles PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Crow Dog by Leonard C. Dog, Richard Erdoes Traces the history of four generations of the Crow Dogs, medicine men and one of the foremost clans of the Sioux nation. AUTHOR: Leonard C. Dog, Richard Erdoes PUBLISHER: HarperTrade FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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