Books with author Milton Meltzer

The media today are full of stories abut the cruel & callous side of human nature. Yet there is another side to American life, a helping, caring side that we don t often hear about. Every day, millions of people perform acts of altruism -- giving their time to help others in need. And many of them are teenagers. Meltzer pays tribute to the volunteers who have sacrificed their time, energy, & lives working against social injustice & toward a better world. From the freedom riders of the 1960s, to Amnesty Internat. youth groups who petition for the release of political prisoners, to high school envir. activists, these are inspiring stories about youth who have made a difference.

Willa Cather's childhood in post-Civil War Virginia, her adolescence on the Nebraska prairies, her love of the Southwest, and her intimate knowledge of opera and the theater provided her with the characters and setting for a dozen novels and numerous short stories. Cather's story is one of a woman who carefully guarderd her privacy while expressing her feelings and attitudes through the characters she created.

‘Meltzer has produced [and updated] a single volume [a condensation of his three-volume In Their Own Words] that covers three and a half centuries of black life in the United States, consisting of source materials: letters, speeches, newspaper articles, and book excerpts. From this collage a vivid picture emerges of the power, passion, and pride of black life.’ —C. Notable Children's Books of 1984 (ALA)100 Favorite Paperbacks of 1989 (IRA/CBC)Notable 1984 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)Children's Books of 1984 (Library of Congress)