SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL 1998 Book Awards
Social Studies, K-12

The Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) announces the recipients of the Society's 1998-99 best books awards. Other awards will be found at SSLI Book Awards. Please visit the SSLI Home Page for information about the organization.


[Social Studies, K-6] [Social Studies, 7-12]

Social Studies: K-6

Best Book:

Burleigh, Robert. Black Whiteness. Atheneum, 1998.

Honor Books:

Chambers, Veronica. Amistad Rising. Harcourt Brace, 1998.

Harniss, Cheryl. Ghosts of the White House. Simon and Schuster, 1998.

Cherry, Lynn. Shaman's Apprectice. Gulliver, 1998.

St. George, Judith. Sacagawea. Putnam, 1997.

Getz, David. Frozen Girl. Henry Holt, 1998.

Miller, William. Richard Wright and the Library Card. Lee & Low, 1997.

Bial, Raymond. Where Lincoln Walked. Walker, 1998.

Vierra, Linda. Grand Canyon. Walker, 1997.

Kaplan, William. One More Border. Groundwood, 1998.

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Social Studies - Novels, Grades 7 - 12

Best Book (Co-Winners):

MacNee, Marie. Outlaws, Mobsters and Crooks: From the Old West to the Internet. UXL/Gale, 1998.

Giblin, James Cross. Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero. Clarion, 1997.

Honor Books:

Colman, Penny. Corpses, Coffins and Crypts: A History of Burial. Henry Holt, 1997.

Hurmence, Belinda. Slavery Time When I Was Chillun. Putnam, 1997.

Hansen, Joyce. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground. Henry Holt, 1998.

Connolly, Peter. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome. Oxford, 1998.

Schoschana, Robinovici. Thanks to My Mother. Dial, 1998.

Weatherford, Doris. A History of the American Suffragist Movement. ABC-CLIO, 1998.

Meltzer, Milton. Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power. Dutton, 1998.

Beller, Susan Provost. Never Were Men So Brave: The Irish Brigade During the Civil War. McElderry, 1998.

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