Braille Book Review, Vol. 68, No. 1, January-February 1999 Braille Book Review January-February 1999 Volume 68, Number 1 _Braille Book Review_ is published bimonthly in large-print, braille, and computer diskette formats and distributed free to blind and physically handicapped individuals who participate in the Library of Congress free reading program. It lists braille magazines and books available through a network of cooperating libraries. The braille edition also lists recorded books, giving abbreviated annotations. News about library services is featured in both editions. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including classics, biographies, gothics, mysteries, and how-to and self-help guides. To learn more about the wide range of books in the national collection, readers may order catalogs and subject bibliographies from cooperating libraries. Librarians can check other resources for titles and answer requests for special materials. Readers can receive _Braille Book Review_ and other information through the Internet by accessing the the NLS home page at http://www.loc.gov/nls. To order books or for subscription changes, contact your local cooperating library. Correspondence regarding editorial matters should be sent to Publications and Media Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542. Library of Congress, Washington 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 53-31800 ISSN 0006-873X Contents: In Brief Books for Adults Nonfiction Fiction Books for Children Nonfiction Fiction Braille Magazines ### _In Brief_ _Newsstand_ The following announcements may be of interest to readers. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped reserves the right to publish announcements selectively, as space permits. Items mentioned, however, are not part of the NLS program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. Braille magazine focuses on community and home life. Dialogue: A World of Ideas for Visually Impaired People of All Ages is a quarterly journal that features information about techniques blind and visually impaired people use to manage their home and community lives. Written by people who are blind or visually impaired, articles in Dialogue cover topics such as technology, cooking, gardening, coping with sight loss, organizing, parenting, travel, recreation, writing, and many other activities. It is available in braille, large-print, diskette, and cassette formats. The annual subscription/donation rate is $28 for legally blind readers. For information and a sample copy, contact Blindskills, Inc., P.O. Box 5181, Salem, OR 97304-0181, or call 800-860-4224; web site address is www.teleport.com/~blindskl, and e-mail is blindskl@teleport.com. New Books from Seedlings. Seedlings Braille Books for Children announces availability of its 1999 catalog listing over 330 low-cost braille books for children. Thirty-seven new books have been added this year, including print-braille-and-picture books for preschoolers, such as Clifford's Furry Friends and a musical board book of Frosty the Snowman; print-and-braille easy-readers for beginning readers, such as Arthur's Pet Business; and Newbery Award winners for older children, such as Julie of the Wolves and A Wrinkle in Time. There are also books from the Dear America and American Girls Collection series. Seedlings is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high-quality, low-cost braille books for children. For more information, check Seedling's web page at its new address, www.seedlings.org. To receive a free catalog, call 800-777-8552 or write to Seedlings, P.O. Box 51924, Livonia, MI 48151-5924; e-mail: seedlink@aol.com. The following information is reprinted from Talking Book Topics, January-February 1999. _In Brief_ Letter from National Advisory Group The members of the National Advisory Group on Collection Building Activities wish to thank their fellow patrons and librarians for their input on the NLS program. Please be assured that your ideas and suggestions were thoroughly discussed and incorporated into the recommendations that the committee made during its deliberations in September. Copies of recommendations from the meeting and NLS responses to the suggestions are available upon request by writing to Consumer Relations, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Washington, DC 20542 or by e-mail to nls@loc.gov. Please indicate whether you prefer large-print, audio cassette, or braille format. The group meets again at NLS on May 19-21, 1999. Please continue to assist us by contacting committee members or your cooperating library with your suggestions. Certain suggestions, such as the addition of a recommended book, are time-consuming to implement because of the many production and quality-checking steps in the audio recording and brailling processes. Do not let these time constraints discourage you from forwarding your comments. Input from readers is a key ingredient in the success of our program. The NLS National Advisory Group represents you. Representatives from Consumer Organizations American Council of the Blind Mr. John Taylor 2012 40th Place Des Moines, IA 50310 Blinded Veterans Association Ms. Corrine A. Blank 307 Yoakum Parkway Alexandria, VA 22304 National Federation of the Blind Mrs. Barbara Walker 2224 South 35th Street Lincoln, NE 68506 Reader-at-large Representatives Midlands Region--includes the following: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin Professor Gary Adelman 910 W. White Street Champaign, IL 61821 Northern Region--includes the following: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia Ms. Barbara Wysocki c/o Cora J. Beldon Library 33 Church Street Rocky Hill, CT 06067 Southern Region--includes the following: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Virgin Islands Mr. Michael "Mike" Duke 4911 Old Canton Road, Apt. 239 Jackson, MS 39211 Western Region--includes the following: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming Ms. Joy K. Smith 707 LaRoda Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93111 New Catalog of Recorded Books Published A new large-print catalog listing books recorded by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) will soon be available to readers. Cassette Books 1998 describes cassette books for adults produced by NLS during the past year. The catalog lists books by subject categories and includes forms for ordering selections. Later this year, Cassette Books will also be produced on flexible disc. The catalog is being sent directly to patrons who ordered it on their annual publication order forms. It can also be ordered from your cooperating library. A cassette version of the catalog will be available on loan at a later date. Student Financial Assistance An audio publication giving information on academic financial assistance for disabled students for the 1999-2000 school year is now available from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The recording is in the form of a conversation between a disabled student and a counselor from the department's Federal Student Aid Information Center. In their dialog, the student and specialist discuss federal financial aid programs and also talk about state and private sources of funds for eligible students. For a cassette or compact-disc copy of the publication, write Student Aid Audio Guide, Federal Student Aid Information Center, P.O. Box 84, Washington, DC 20044-0084. Newsstand The following announcement may be of interest to readers. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped reserves the right to publish announcements selectively, as space permits. Items mentioned, however, are not part of the NLS program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. Ramayana on cassette. An unabridged audio edition of the first two books of the Indian epic about heroic Prince Rama is now available. The ninth-century saga is contained on fourteen cassettes and costs $98 plus shipping. For more information, contact Vedic Audio Knowledge, 306 E. Madison, Fairfield, IA 52556, telephone 888-867-4396. ### _Books for Adults_ Books listed in this issue of _Braille Book Review_ were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The complete collection contains books by many authors on fiction and nonfiction subjects, including biographies, classics, gothics, mysteries, romances, and others. Contact your cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of books available in the collection. To order books, contact your cooperating library. Note: For the information of the reader, a notice may appear immediately following the book description to indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, or violence. The word "some" before any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent occurrence, as in "some strong language." ### _Nonfiction_ Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of America in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen. BR 11183. edited by David Colbert. 7 volumes. A collection of firsthand reports on pivotal events in American history. These authentic accounts convey the urgency and attitudes of their times concerning significant issues and themes in American life from 1492 through 1994. Bestseller 1997. BR 11183. ## U.S.A. Cookbook. BR 11227. by Sheila Lukins. 8 volumes. The author spent three years traveling across the country collecting these recipes and tidbits of information about some of America's favorite foods. The origin of the term "blue plate special" and what seasonings to use with various beans are just two examples of the fare Lukins offers. She also includes beer and wine suggestions from Steve Olson. 1997. BR 11227. ## From the Outer World. BR 11330. edited by Oscar and Lilian Handlin. 5 volumes. Recounts the perceptions and views of non-European visitors to the United States during the twentieth century. A variety of writers, students, and diplomats give "outside" perspectives on social and economic structures and problems in America. Strong language and violence. 1997. BR 11330. ## Music Was Not Enough. BR 11365. by Bob Wilber. 3 volumes. Bob Wilber writes of his up-and-down career as a jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and arranger. Although he achieved fame early as a bandleader and student of Sidney Bechet in the 1940s, he spent many years in obscurity. Wilbur's reminiscences about his life with the greats of jazz from Dixieland to swing covers nearly forty years. 1987. BR 11365. ## Golf in the Kingdom. BR 11383. by Michael Murphy. 2 volumes. Murphy describes a phenomenal day and night in 1956 when, en route to India, he stopped off in Scotland to play a round of golf. There he met and played with golf professional Shivas Irons, who altered Murphy's perceptions, leaving him shaken and exalted. Murphy relates the Oriental transcendental ideas Irons imparted to him. Prequel to _The Kingdom of Shivas Irons (BR 11384)_. 1972. BR 11383. ## The Kingdom of Shivas Irons. BR 11384. by Michael Murphy. 3 volumes. In this sequel to _Golf in the Kingdom (BR 11383)_, Murphy returns to Scotland in search of guru golfer Shivas Irons. Hoping to discover the secrets of transcendent golf and the "life to come," Murphy encounters a series of people who enlighten him in the ways of the game as well as spiritually. Bestseller 1997. BR 11384. ## April Twilights (1903): Poems. BR 11388. by Willa Cather. 1 volume. Originally published in 1903, this volume of poetry is renowned novelist Willa Cather's first book. These thirty-seven poems contain some lines that became well known, such as "I sought the wood in winter/When every leaf was dead" and "Grandmother, think not I forget . . ." Many poems reflect Cather's interest in nature. This edition contains an introduction by Bernice Slote. 1968. BR 11388. ## Baseball at War: World War II and the Fall of the Color Line. BR 11404. by Thomas Gilbert. 1 volume. A history of the sport of baseball from 1940 through 1948. Includes personalities such as Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams and such events as the desegregation of the sport. For junior and senior high readers. 1997. BR 11404. ## From the Field: A Collection of Writings from _National Geographic_. BR 11429. edited by Charles McCarry. 5 volumes. Seventy-five articles selected from the popular magazine's 109-year existence. Although heavily illustrated, the periodical contains scholarly articles about the planet and its people. Contributors include Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Lindberg, Maya Angelou, Tad Szulc, and Shelby Foote. 1997. BR 11429. ## The New Oxford Book of Children's Verse. BR 11433. edited by Neil Philip. 4 volumes. An anthology of some 350 children's poems by more than 200 English-language poets arranged in chronological order from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. For adults to share with children. 1996. BR 11433. ## Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls' Survival Guide. BR 11434. by Allison Abner and Linda Villarosa. 4 volumes. Advice for teenaged girls on such issues as learning to like and care for their changing bodies, being sexually responsible, and coping with and enjoying family members and friends. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. BR 11434. ## Otherwise: New and Selected Poems. BR 11437. by Jane Kenyon. 1 volume. Kenyon made these selections to be included in her last book shortly before her death. They include twenty of her more recent poems and favorite choices from four earlier collections. She imparts a special meaning to the everyday objects and events she describes. Donald Hall, her husband, writes an afterword. 1996. BR 11437. ## Building Basic Skills in Reading: Book 1. BR 11456. . read by 2 volumes. A self-paced guide for helping students of adult literacy master sentence structure, parts of speech, grammar and usage, and punctuation and spelling, as well as statements involving cause and effect and the use of inference. Provides a pretest, individual lessons, and review exercises, followed by a posttest. 1988.. A self-paced guide for adult literacy learners. BR 11456. ## The Gift of Tongues: Twenty-Five Years of Poetry from Copper Canyon Press. BR 11465. edited by Sam Hamill. 3 volumes. In this anniversary anthology, editor Sam Hamill has selected nearly 300 poems by Copper Canyon Press poets. The sampling is arranged alphabetically by poet's name and includes Hayden Carruth, Carolyn Kizer, and Pablo Neruda. Hamill's introduction covers the history of the press and its "commitment to publishing poetry exclusively." 1996. BR 11465. ## Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS. BR 11473. by Jaap Goudsmit. 3 volumes. A history of the AIDS epidemic by a leading researcher in the field. Tracing the origins of the virus from ancient times and its transfer from animals to humans in the twentieth century, the author maintains that disruptions of Africa's rain forests led to the global spread of the disease. He also speculates about the possible development of a vaccine against AIDS. 1997. BR 11473. ## Leon's Story. BR 11493. by Leon Walter Tillage. 1 volume. An autobiographical account of an African American sharecropper's son growing up in rural North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s. Tillage recalls the racial cruelties he experienced--the worst was seeing his father run down by a white youth. He then tells how the freedom marches affirmed his identity. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 1997. BR 11493. ## Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination. BR 11504. by Robert Jourdain. 4 volumes. Using science, psychology, and philosophy, the author explains the evolution of sound in humans and the meaning of music. Uses historical anecdotes and different examples of common musical themes to explain the way music gives pleasure. 1997. BR 11504. ## Clone: The Road to Dolly and the Path Ahead. BR 11508. by Gina Kolata. 3 volumes. A scientist discusses technological and ethical implications of cloning--the production of a living creature from genetic material. She describes the 1996 birth of a sheep named Dolly--allegedly the first cloned creature--as the beginning of a new scientific era, in which the question immediately arises, "should humans be cloned?" 1998. BR 11508. ## Selected Poems, 1960-1990. BR 11511. by Maxine Kumin. 2 volumes. The 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner presents pieces from nine volumes spanning thirty years. Her poems speak of nature, animals, and people both dead and alive. Kumin also broaches topics of the soul and religion. 1997. BR 11511. ## The Night Lives On. BR 11542. by Walter Lord. 2 volumes. In a companion volume to _A Night_ _to Remember (BR 11461)_, Lord revisits the tragedy of April 14, 1912, and offers an update of what happened to the _Titanic_ and its passengers. The discovery of the hull in 1985 brought with it a renewed interest, and Lord responds to some of the questions that arose by separating facts from myths. Bestseller 1987. BR 11542. ## ### _Fiction_ The Adolescent. BR 11248. by Fyodor Dostoevsky. 6 volumes. First published in Russian in 1874. Nineteen-year-old Arkady Dolgoruky completes school but refuses to go on to university. Instead, he goes to St. Petersburg in search of his father. The illegitimate son of an idealistic landowner and the gardener's wife, Arkady has trouble determining where he belongs in Russian society. 1971. BR 11248. ## The Strand. BR 11335. by Ellen Vaughn. 2 volumes. On their tenth wedding anniversary, Anne and Paul Lorelli are walking along the Potomac River when a mugger confronts them and kills Paul. Anne finds some solace in volunteer work with inner-city kids--quite a departure from her life as a wealthy attorney's wife. Meanwhile, a D.C. homicide detective puzzles over the mugging. Some violence. 1997. BR 11335. ## Blind Faith. BR 11337. by Judith Pella. 3 volumes. Irene Lorenzo's faith has been tested as a result of her divorce from Greg Mitchell. Now Joel Costain, a blind lawyer, has approached Irene seeking information about Greg, who claimed to be Joel's brother and has now died under mysterious circumstances. As the two search for answers, Irene begins to regain her faith. 1996. BR 11337. ## Ficciones. BR 11366. by Jorge Luis Borges. 2 volumes. The collection's first part, called "The Garden of Forking Paths," contains eight short stories published in Spanish in 1941. Part two, entitled "Artifices," has nine stories published in 1944. The introduction by John Sturrock provides background information on Borges and on the stories. 1956. BR 11366. ## A Wild, Cold State. BR 11367. by Debra Monroe. 2 volumes. Stories about the lives of six neighbors in rural Wisconsin beginning when they are teenagers. Through the years they meet, marry, drift off, and reenter each other's lives. The recurring theme is of women in search of their ideal partner in life. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1995. BR 11367. ## Without Lawful Authority. BR 11368. by Manning Coles. 2 volumes. Tommy Hambledon, a British foreign intelligence agent, is searching for German spies in his homeland. Warnford, a disgraced British army officer who was framed and forced to resign, enlists the help of a professional burglar, Marden, to help him expose his enemies. Together the three uncover a Nazi cell on the eve of World War II. 1943. BR 11368. ## Train Whistle Guitar. BR 11386. by Albert Murray. 2 volumes. Growing up in the 1920s deep South is an adventure to Scooter and his friends. Listening to the storytelling of family and friends and the guitar playing of Luzana Cholly encourages Scooter to get out into the world and move up North, where there are all sorts of possibilities. Prequel to _The Spyglass Tree (BR 11742)_. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1974. BR 11386. ## The Amazon Papers. BR 11403. by Beverly Keller. 1 volume. Fifteen-year-old Iris gets a lot of grief from her aunt and her mother for spending too much time on philosophy and sports and none on a social life. But when left alone with her cousin's small boys while her mother is on vacation, Iris develops a crush on an older guy that leads to disaster after disaster--including ruining her mother's car. For junior and senior high readers. 1996. BR 11403. ## _What She Said: And What She_ _Meant_ and _People Who Haven't_ _Time and Can't Afford It_. BR 11409. by Isabella Alden. 1 volume. Alden, the aunt of writer Grace Livingston Hill, wrote novellas in the nineteenth century. Here she illustrates how a person of good character should behave. In "What She Said...," a gossip is shown just how harmful her behavior is, and in "People Who Haven't Time...," neighbors are reminded of their charitable obligations. 1997. BR 11409. ## A Gown of Spanish Lace. BR 11414. by Janette Oke. 2 volumes. Ariana Benson, a religious young schoolteacher, never knew her birth mother. But she does have her mother's wedding dress--a gown of imported Spanish lace. Laramie Lawrence, the adopted son of an outlaw boss, didn't know his mother either. Thrust together through unusual circumstances, they eventually fall in love and plan to marry. But when Ariana brings out her mother's gown, it appears she and Laramie may be siblings. 1995. BR 11414. ## Nightfall. BR 11415. by David Goodis. 2 volumes. Commercial artist Jim Vanning is on the run, pursued by ruthless people who believe he is sitting on a cache of money from a bank robbery. Before the worst happens, New York police detective Fraser locates Vanning and helps him get to the bottom of his plight. 1947. BR 11415. ## The Morning and the Evening. BR 11417. by Joan Williams. 2 volumes. Forty-year-old Jake Darby, who is mute and lives with his mother, is considered "not quite right in the head" by his Mississippi neighbors, who subject the disabled man to ridicule and cruel jokes. Jake's mother dies, tragedy strikes, and the townspeople come to regard Jake in a new light. 1961. BR 11417. ## Heart of Darkness. BR 11418. by Joseph Conrad. 4 volumes. An allegorical tale of a man's journey by steamboat to the center of the Congo. As he penetrates the forbidding interior, he faces an increasing propensity for inhumanity in himself and in others. Includes a number of critical essays on the story. 1996. BR 11418. ## The Giant's House: A Romance. BR 11421. by Elizabeth McCracken. 2 volumes. In 1950 young librarian Peggy Cort meets James Sweatt. Although only eleven years old, he is already extremely tall. As they become friends and fall in love during the next nine years, James grows taller and taller, until he is 8-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 415 pounds. 1996. BR 11421. ## Soul Kiss. BR 11440. by Shay Youngblood. 2 volumes. In 1968, seven-year-old Mariah's beloved mother drops her off unannounced at the home of two great-aunts in Georgia and doesn't come back. As Mariah grows up, she struggles with her grief and maintains her hope that her mother will return, but gradually becomes family with the two older women. Then her father enters her life. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 11440. ## Scam. BR 11459. by Parnell Hall. 2 volumes. Cranston Pritchert, a new client of New York PI Stanley Hastings, claims his partners set him up to lose control of an investment firm by having a woman get him drunk in a bar. When Hastings uncovers evidence that Pritchert himself arranged for the woman's involvement, the investigator begins to suspect that he, too, is being duped. Strong language. 1997. BR 11459. ## Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. BR 11460. by Walter M. Miller. 4 volumes. Almost forty years after _A Canticle for Leibowitz (BR 8614)_, Miller continues the story of good versus evil, now in the thirty-second century. The Catholic church is still under siege by nomads, Imperial Texark, and other fiefdoms. Brother Blacktooth travels with Cardinal Brownpony to try to appease the warring forces. Some violence. 1997. BR 11460. ## Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas. BR 11467. by Herman Melville. 3 volumes. When a British whaler rescues Melville, an American sailor, he and the ship's doctor become fast friends. They share many adventures in the South Pacific: mutiny, imprisonment, and a beachcombing existence in Tahiti. 1847. BR 11467. ## Family Album. BR 11469. by Danielle Steel. 4 volumes. A melodrama of the enduring love between the talented movie star-director, Fay Price, and the playboy shipping heir, Ward Thayer, as well as the growing pains of their five children. Includes the grit and glitter of Hollywood life from the war years of the 1940s to the 1980s. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1985. BR 11469. ## The Town. BR 11470. by William Faulkner. 3 volumes. More members of the Snopes family have moved to Jefferson, Mississippi, increasing the clan. Determined to own the county, Flem Snopes maneuvers his family to run businesses and farm the land. Sequel to _The Hamlet (BR 11482)_. Some strong language. 1957. BR 11470. ## The Hamlet. BR 11482. by William Faulkner. 3 volumes. Portrait of a decaying South after the Civil War set in a fictional county in Mississippi. The story deals with the shrewd Snopes family, one of the author's notable creations. Prequel to _The Town (BR 11470)_. Some strong language. 1931. BR 11482. ## The Outsiders. BR 11484. by S.E. Hinton. 2 volumes. This young adult classic is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fourteen-year-old Ponyboy tells how it looks and feels to be a Greaser from the wrong side of the tracks. He describes the guerrilla raids into Greaser territory by their upper-middle-class enemy, the Socs, and the beating that led to a murder charge and two deaths. For junior and senior high readers. 1967. BR 11484. ## Blood and Chocolate. BR 11486. by Annette Curtis Klause. 2 volumes. A beautiful teenage werewolf, Vivian, is attracted to a normal human, Aiden, but Aiden's rejection of Vivian's dual nature almost kills her. Vivian is then forced to come to terms with her position in the pack and to accept her destiny. Some violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. For senior high readers. 1997. BR 11486. ## Tallgrass. BR 11501. by Don Coldsmith. 4 volumes. Seven stories tracing the history of the Kansas prairie from the first Native American encounters with the Spanish to the early nineteenth century. Each story includes a historical afterword. Some descriptions of sex. 1997. BR 11501. ## Loving Chloe. BR 11503. by Jo-Ann Mapson. 3 volumes. In this sequel to _Hank and Chloe (BR 9739)_, Chloe appears on Hank's doorstep in northern Arizona. She's pregnant by him and ready to settle down, until meeting Navajo jewelry designer Junior Whitebear shakes her resolve. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998. BR 11503. ## The Case Has Altered. BR 11505. by Martha Grimes. 3 volumes. On her way back to the Fengate estate from the Case Has Altered pub, Dorcas Reese is strangled to death on the Lincolnshire fens. Two weeks earlier, Verna Dunn was shot to death at Fengate. Scotland Yard detective Richard Jury's investigation becomes problematic when his former lover Jenny Kennington turns into the prime suspect in both crimes. Some strong language. 1997. BR 11505. ## Breathless. BR 11507. by J.P. Smith. 3 volumes. When the body of her husband, with a slit throat, is found in a seedy hotel room, professor Jill Bowman is forced to rehash their relationship and her own troubled past. As she struggles to cope with the tragedy, she develops a romantic interest in the homicide detective. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1995. BR 11507. ## The Mansion. BR 11541. by William Faulkner. 4 volumes. In the third and last volume in the Snopes trilogy, between two murders the Snopes family loses its grip on the town of Jefferson, Mississippi. 1959. BR 11541. ## _Maggie_: _A Girl of the Streets_ and Selected Stories. BR 11578. by Stephen Crane. 2 volumes. Six stories by the author of the _Red Badge of Courage (BR 1449)_. In "Maggie," written in 1893, Crane portrays the sordid life and downfall of a poor Irish girl from the Bowery. Other selections depict small-town life and the experiences of young men in battle. For senior high and older readers. 1991. BR 11578. ## Screen Test. BR 11605. by David Klass. 2 volumes. A high school junior, Liz is uncomfortable with the attention her good looks bring, but she accepts a request to star in a student film. When this leads to a role in a Hollywood movie, Liz must decide if this is the life she wants. For junior and senior high readers. 1997. BR 11605. ## The Beasties. BR 11606. by William Sleator. 1 volume. When Doug's family moves to a logging camp, he and his younger sister Colette encounter the beasties. Colette sympathizes with these underground creatures making war on the loggers. Doug fears the beasties because they mutilate humans to replace parts of their own maimed bodies. Now Colette and Doug are the next likely victims. Violence. For senior high and older readers. 1997. BR 11606. ## Ride against the Wind. BR 11609. by Terrell L. Bowers. 2 volumes. Stover Gates has hated the Danmyers since one of them killed his brother years ago. When Jerrod Danmyer helps Stover's daughter Marian get her wagon and horse team out of a mire, Stover is furious. But life on the Kansas prairie is hard in the late 1800s, and a plague of locusts changes Stover's feelings about his neighbors. 1996. BR 11609. ## Naming the New World. BR 11615. by Calvin Baker. 1 volume. Vignettes highlighting the history of an African American family, beginning with episodes in Africa and as newly arrived slaves in America, progressing to their escape from slavery, but not from pain. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1997. BR 11615. ## ### _Books for Children_ Books listed in this issue of _Braille Book Review_ were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The complete collection contains books by many authors on fiction and nonfiction subjects, including animals, geography, nature, mystery, sports, and others. Contact your cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of books available in the collection. To order books, contact your cooperating library. ### _Nonfiction_ For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me. BR 11035. by Eloise Greenfield. 1 volume. Inspired by basketball star Michael Jordan, a child vows not to listen to naysayers, but rather to boldly choose a path in the game of life and to pursue it with determination. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3 and older readers. 1997. BR 11035. ## Musicians of the Sun. BR 11040. by Gerald McDermott. 1 volume. The Aztec Lord of the Night sees that his people are sad in the gray darkness. He sends Wind to battle Sun for the musicians held prisoner: Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green, because they can bring color, music, and happiness to the people. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1997. BR 11040. ## One of Each. BR 11048. by Mary Ann Hoberman. 1 volume. In this story told in rhyme, Oliver Tolliver lives all alone in his house with only one of everything. When he invites a visitor to his home, he realizes that he needs two of some things, and he discovers the pleasure of sharing. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1997. BR 11048. ## Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story. BR 11049. by Fran Manushkin. 1 volume. Miriam Pinsky and her family are preparing for Passover when her mother takes the time to retell the biblical story of Miriam's namesake, who played an important role in the history of the Israelites. Miriam's mother also has a special gift for her. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 1998. BR 11049. ## I Have a Dream. BR 11050. by Martin Luther King. 1 volume. Presents the complete text of the historic speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. In it, he expresses hope for social justice and equality in the future. Includes a short biography of the civil rights leader and a foreword by his wife, Coretta Scott King. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11050. ## Oh, Freedom! Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen. BR 11419. by Casey King and Linda Barrett Osborne. 1 volume. Thirty-one grade-school children interview friends and relatives about their roles in the civil rights movement. Three additional essays provide information on segregation, the movement to end it, and the struggle against racial discrimination and poverty. For grades 5-8. 1997. BR 11419. ## Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs. BR 11420. by Gary Paulsen. 1 volume. Companion to _Woodsong (BR 8849)_. Iditarod racer Paulsen recalls his life on the trail and at home with his beloved team of dogs. Portrays his special relationship with the lead dog, Cookie, describing the births and rearing of her pups and the sadness of retirement for both man and dog. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1996. BR 11420. ## Poems for Youth. BR 11483. by Emily Dickinson. 1 volume. Seventy-eight poems written by Dickinson mainly for her niece and nephews. Many of the sparse verses are about the seasons and the passage of time. Includes such well-known poems as "There is no frigate like a book," "I'll tell you how the sun rose," and "I never saw a moor." For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1934. BR 11483. ## "Always Wear Clean Underwear!" and Other Ways Parents Say "I Love You". BR 11487. by Marc Gellman. 1 volume. Interprets the hidden meanings behind thirty-two things parents tell their children to do--over and over again. For example, cleaning your plate means being grateful for what you have, and keeping your shoes off the couch is a way to show respect to your parents. For grades 3-6. 1997. BR 11487. ## Social Smarts: Manners for Today's Kids. BR 11612. by Elizabeth James and Carol Barkin. 1 volume. Practical advice to help kids navigate social situations without embarrassment. Suggests ways to cope with crises, such as hospitalization and death. Also includes question-and-answer segments. For grades 4-7. 1996. BR 11612. ## ### _Fiction_ Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story. BR 11030. by Cynthia Rylant. 1 volume. A wealthy man, once nursed back to health in Appalachia, now brings a Christmas train through the mountains each year and tosses silver packages to the children. One boy wishes in vain for a doctor's kit but, years later, realizes he received the gifts he needed most. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1987. BR 11030. ## My Life with the Wave. BR 11033. translated by Catherine Cowan. 1 volume. On his first trip to the seashore, a young boy falls in love with the waves. One, in particular, clutches his hand, and he begs his father to let him take her--the wave--home. But she is difficult to control in the confines of the house, and the boy's parents finally reach their limit. Based on a story by Octavio Paz. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1997. BR 11033. ## The Always Prayer Shawl. BR 11034. by Sheldon Oberman. 1 volume. Adam, a young Jewish boy in Russia, learns a lot about his family's history and his name from his grandfather. As life in Russia becomes difficult for Jews, Adam's family decides to move to America. Before they leave, Adam's grandfather gives him a special present that Adam promises to cherish and pass on to the next Adam in the family. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1994. BR 11034. ## The Lady in the Box. BR 11036. by Ann McGovern. 1 volume. When Lizzie and Ben discover a woman sleeping in front of the Circle Deli, they want to help in some way. They are not allowed to speak with strangers, so they leave soup and a warm scarf by her box. Her gratitude delights the children. Then the store owner tells the old lady to move. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1997. BR 11036. ## Seal Surfer. BR 11037. by Michael Foreman. 1 volume. Even though Ben sometimes uses a wheelchair, he and his grandfather often hunt for mussels along a rocky beach. One spring they spot a seal and her new pup. Over the next few years, Ben and the young seal develop a special bond as they both ride the ocean waves. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1996. BR 11037. ## Burnt Toast on Davenport Street. BR 11039. by Tim Egan. 1 volume. Arthur Crandall, a dog, is always burning the toast, but somehow his wife, Stella, has come to like the smell. One morning a fly enters the house and offers Arthur three wishes if he'll just let the fly live. Arthur's wishes are granted, but he and Stella soon long to be back home. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 1997. BR 11039. ## Time Ghost. BR 11401. by Welwyn Wilton Katz. 1 volume. In the twenty-first century Sara discovers she is afraid of nature when her environmentalist grandmother drags her to the North Pole to fend off developers. But Sara soon has an even bigger problem when she, her friend, and the developer are transported back in time and Sara is stuck inside her twelve-year-old grandmother. For grades 4-7. 1994. BR 11401. ## The Puppy Sister. BR 11408. by S.E. Hinton. 1 volume. Aleasha Ann Davidson, a puppy, likes her new family even though Nick keeps saying he wanted a sister instead. Aleasha is determined to win Nick's affection, so because she likes human things such as eating at the table, she decides to turn herself into a human person. For grades 2-4. 1995. BR 11408. ## First Came the Owl. BR 11410. by Judith Ben‚t Richardson. 1 volume. Nita's father is in the Coast Guard and met her mother in Thailand. Now Nita's mother is hospitalized for depression, and Nita is struggling to understand and help. As she surprises herself by taking on the role of Snow White in her fifth-grade play, Nita finds symbolism in the huge snowy owl she spots on the beach. For grades 4-7. 1996. BR 11410. ## _Curses, Inc._ and Other Stories. BR 11443. by Vivian Vande Velde. 2 volumes. Ten funny, scary stories about magic spells and their consequences. In the title story, Bill finds a curse site on the Internet but learns what you wish for doesn't always come true. In "Witch-Hunt," Lyssa is caught reading Satanic bibles. For grades 6-9. 1997. BR 11443. ## Superfudge. BR 11488. by Judy Blume. 1 volume. Not only does Peter's brother Fudge grow more troublesome with age, but Peter's parents make things worse by producing a baby girl. After Fudge tries unsuccessfully to sell the baby or give her away, he plasters her with trading stamps in hopes of exchanging her for something good. Sequel to _Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (BR 11471)_. For grades 3-6. 1980. BR 11488. ## Ramona Quimby, Age Eight. BR 11491. by Beverly Cleary. 1 volume. As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6. 1981. BR 11491. ## The Decision: Animorphs, Volume 18. BR 11496. by K.A. Applegate. 2 volumes. Ax, the Andalite trapped on Earth, tells this adventure about how he and his four human friends who have the power to morph become mosquitoes for a mission against their mutual enemy, the Yeerks. For grades 4-7. 1998. BR 11496. ## The Departure: Animorphs, Volume 19. BR 11497. by K.A. Applegate. 2 volumes. After her latest mission when she morphed into a wolf, Cassie realizes that she is losing her human feelings. She tells her friends that she is quitting; she does not want to be an animorph any longer. But when confronted by a leopard and Karen, a human-controller who knows Cassie's secret, Cassie must rethink her decision. For grades 4-7. 1998. BR 11497. ## The Discovery: Animorphs, Volume 20. BR 11498. by K.A. Applegate. 2 volumes. A new boy at school, David, is carrying the blue box essential to acquiring the power to morph. Marco spots him and tries to buy the box. Realizing that it must be valuable, David advertises the blue box on the Internet, alerting the Animorphs' enemies to its existence. That one ad changes David's life--forever. For grades 4-7. 1998. BR 11498. ## The Threat: Animorphs, Volume 21. BR 11499. by K.A. Applegate. 2 volumes. The Animorphs face their most vital mission: they must prevent the Yeerks from infesting the leaders of the entire free world. Their attention is diverted by David, the sixth human to acquire the power to morph, because he is breaking the rules and becoming a danger to all of them. For grades 4-7. 1998. BR 11499. ## Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. BR 11509. by Mildred D. Taylor. 2 volumes. A turbulent year in Mississippi during the Great Depression--a year of night riders, burnings, and threats. Cassie Logan, a young black girl, tells the story of her family's struggle to survive with its dignity and independence intact. For grades 6-9. Newbery Award 1976. BR 11509. ## Well Wished. BR 11579. by Franny Billingsley. 1 volume. Eleven-year-old Nuria is happy to go to live with her grandfather even though no other children live in his village. There is a wishing well nearby, but it causes problems for people who use its magic. Grandfather Avy's wish for a friend for Nuria succeeds in bringing Catty to town, but wheelchair-bound Catty is not always nice to Nuria. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11579. ## The Great Brain Is Back. BR 11582. by John D. Fitzgerald. 1 volume. In this final book about the Great Brain, J.D. narrates eight more tales about how his big brother, Tom, now thirteen, continues to swindle people out of their money. Tom convinces J.D. to sell bars of soap, almost outwits Polly in the spelling bee, and helps rescue an outlaw gang. For grades 4-7. 1995. BR 11582. ## The Unprotected Witness. BR 11584. by James Stevenson. 1 volume. Even though Pete's father was in the federal witness protection program, he was killed, and there is still the matter of missing money. The gangsters who want the money figure Pete knows where it is hidden. When Pete finds the telephone bugged, he realizes that he is an unprotected witness who needs friends more than ever. Sequel to _The Bones in the Cliff (BR 10483)_. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11584. ## Radiance Descending. BR 11611. by Paula Fox. 1 volume. Paul's baby brother, Jacob, has Down's syndrome and has to be watched all the time. Their grandfather tries to help Paul understand his brother, but Paul is resentful and prefers not to think about him at all. Then Jacob's seventh birthday arrives, and Paul begins to see him in a new light. For grades 5-8. 1997. BR 11611. ## Mean Margaret. BR 11614. by Tor Seidler. 1 volume. Fred the woodchuck is very set in his ways, but he has recently made a big change by marrying Phoebe. His life is further disrupted when a group of human children leave their youngest sibling at his doorstep. The huge toddler is mean and demanding, but Phoebe adores her. For grades 3-6. 1997. BR 11614. ## Bad, Badder, Baddest. BR 11620. by Cynthia Voigt. 2 volumes. In this sequel to _Bad Girls (BR 11341)_, Mikey and Margalo are now in the sixth grade. Mikey's parents announce that they are thinking of getting a divorce. Since Margalo has been through two divorces, Mikey asks for her help in stopping this one. For grades 4-7. 1997. BR 11620. ## ### _Braille Magazines_ The following is a list of braille magazines in the Library of Congress program. Readers may obtain free personal subscriptions to these magazines. For information on the availability of specific magazines, consult the library that send you braille materials. Boys' Life (for children and teens, monthly) Braille Book Review (bimonthly) Braille Chess Magazine (British quarterly) Braille Music Magazine (British monthly) Conundrum (British monthly) Cooking Light (bimonthly [3] and monthly [6]) Harper's (monthly) Health Newsletters (includes Harvard Health Letter, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, and University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter, monthly) Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (monthly) Ladies' Home Journal (monthly) Martha Stewart Living (10 issues) Muse (for children, 6 issues) The Musical Mainstream (quarterly) National Geographic (monthly) The New York Times Large Type Weekly (weekly) News (NLS quarterly) Parenting (monthly except January and July) PC World (monthly) Playboy (monthly) Poetry (monthly) Popular Communications (monthly) Popular Mechanics (monthly) Popular Music Lead Sheets (irregular) Rolling Stone (26 issues) Science News (weekly) Seventeen (for teens, monthly) Short Stories (British monthly) Spider: The Magazine for Children (monthly) Stone Soup (for children, 5 issues) Update (NLS quarterly) The Washington Post Book World (weekly) The following sports schedules are also available: American Baseball League Schedule National Baseball League Schedule National Basketball Association Schedule National Football League Schedule National Hockey League Schedule