Name the four positions on an Olympic curling team.
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At Wednesday’s Books & Bites, we featured Honestly True books–great reads found in the nonfiction section of the library.
The Nazi Olympics by Susan D. Bachrach chronicles the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, the heart of Hitler’s Nazi Germany. How did a world-wide event whose mission is promote brotherhood and peace ever come to be held in such a place? Well, as you know, the host cities are now awarded years in advance and the same was true then. In 1931, Berlin was awarded the 1936 games; in 1933 Hitler came to power and wasn’t even interested in carrying through with the Olmypics at first. This book tells of the near-boycott of the Games by the U.S. and other countries, the talented Jews whom Hitler rejected for his German teams, the Jewish athletes around the world who refused to participate, Jesse Owens’ victories for the U.S and African Americans, and more. The photographs of Nazi flags flying right next to Olympic flags and the many examples of propaganda will blow your mind.
Speaking of blowing your mind…can you imagine being stuck in a place where temperatures reach 100 degrees below zero–with no way to contact anyone for help?!? In Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, Jennifer Armstrong tales the tale of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance. Having lost the race to the South Pole to Amundsen, Shackleton vowed to be first to cross the Antarctic continent and claim that victory for England. He and a crew of about 30 men left from South America on December 5, 1914. On January 19, 1915 (summer in Antarctica), The Endurance got stuck in pack ice before they even reached the continent! They lived out of the ship waiting for a way to move on until The Endurance sank in November 1915. With no choice left but to drag their lifeboats across miles and miles of ice, the crew endured the harshest conditions on Earth with inadequate food and supplies. When they reached water, only one lifeboat remained and six men set out for the 800 mile trip to South Georgia Island for help. Amazingly, all the men left behind survived, even though their rescue took four months. Their story is one you won’t soon forget.
Has your mom ever accused you of acting like an animal? Has your dad ever wondered if you had been raised by wolves? Then Wild Children by Elaine Landau may be the book for you! Seriously, this short but fascinating book tells true stories of children growing up without human contact–from the Forest Boy of France in 1799, to the girls raised by wolves in 1920s India, to a California girl completely isolated by her parents in the 1970s. The struggles for these children to adapt to society and even to learn to communicate with others will really make you think.
Note to those who attended Books and Bites: Good news! I have two copies of All My Life for Sale by John D. Freyer on order. That’s the book about the guy who sold all his stuff on eBay that John from Bloomington Public Library talked about. Look for it in a couple of weeks.
Want to know more about The Nazi Olympics, Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, Wild Children, or All My Life for Sale? The check them out and read them yourself!
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Name the four Quidditch positions.
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Who does Count Olaf disguise himself as in The Austere Academy? Tell me the name of the person and his/her occupation.
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Name two sports books on the 2006 Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee List.
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Dan Gutman writes books about Joe Stoshack who travels through time to meet famous baseball players. Name all 7 players Joe has gotten to meet this way.
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