Showing 1–5 of 5 books

• List: Alex Awards
• Genre: Nonfiction
• Award year: 2001

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  Chang and Eng

  By Darin Strauss

  Conjoined brothers, Chang and Eng, were sideshow celebrities. Eng tells the stories of their lives, both as individuals and as one entity. The emotional as well as the physical effects on the brothers is fascinating.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2001
  • ISBN: 9780525945123
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  Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn

  By Larry Colton

  One player stands out on the Hardin High School's girls' basketball team. Her name is Sharon La Forge, a talented but troubled teenager. During a 15-month stay on the Crow Reservation where the high school is located, the author, a professional baseball player turned journalist, begins to understand how the conditions of life on the reservation affect the lives of teens like Sharon.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2001
  • ISBN: 9780446526838
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  Flags of Our Fathers

  By James Bradley

  James Bradley's father was one of the six men who raised the famous flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. Bradley investigated to learn more about the men and the event.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2001
  • ISBN: 9780553111330
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  In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.

  By Nathaniel Philbrick

  The tragedy of the whaling ship Essex influenced Herman Melville when he wrote Moby Dick. Philbrick takes a close look at the whaling industry, whales and the men who hunted them.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2001
  • ISBN: 9781439566718
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  Soldier: A Poet's Childhood.

  By June Jordan

  Growing up as an African-American in a white world with a father who is harsh one minute and caring the next, means June Jordan's growing up years are difficult but not impossible. Her father's desire for her success makes her strong and able to achieve that success.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2001
  • ISBN: 9780465036813