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The new History's Kid Heroes series uses a graphic format to provide fictional accounts of kids standing tall in true historical settings. This entry takes place in the late nineteenth century on the North Carolina coast. The Pea Island Station of the U.S. Life-Saving Service (the precursor to the Coast Guard) was the first to be manned entirely by African Americans. Young Sam Deal loves riding his horse, Ginger, over the sand dunes and watching the men engage in rescue drills, dreaming of the day when he can join them. Then, on a stormy night, he spots a distress signal from the E. S. Newman, and he and Ginger fearlessly plunge into the surf to help bring survivors to the shore. With a good shot of energetic action and a focused look at a little-known slice of history, this quick story should have appeal both in and out of the classroom. An afterword tells how, at the request of an eighth-grade girl, President Clinton and the Coast Guard posthumously awarded Gold Lifesaving Medals to the men of Pea Island Station. --Booklist --Journal These books provide exciting glimpses into the past, with just the right amount of tension and intensity to capture readers' attention. Each volume shows how even young children can have their lives change from ordinary to extraordinary in just a matter of moments. Readers will dash into the ocean with young Sam Deal as he rescues victims of a shipwreck. Then they will bite their fingernails while the tension builds as Abbie Burgess tries to keep the lighthouse lit and save her family as well. In yet another entry, kids can witness the strange snowy world of Milton Daub as he traverses his neighborhood, helping all in need after a blizzard. The texts are a tad stilted at times and the illustrations slightly flat, so they might not be appealing to older kids, but they will serve as good introductions to graphic novels and historical fiction for early readers. Added bonuses are the brief yet informative introductions and afterwords providing more facts about the settings. --School Library Journal --Journal

""These books provide exciting glimpses into the past, with just the right amount of tension and intensity to capture readers' attention. Each volume shows how even young children can have their lives change from ordinary to extraordinary in just a matter of moments. Readers will dash into the ocean with young Sam Deal as he rescues victims of a shipwreck. Then they will bite their fingernails while the tension builds as Abbie Burgess tries to keep the lighthouse lit and save her family as well. In yet another entry, kids can witness the strange snowy world of Milton Daub as he traverses his neighborhood, helping all in need after a blizzard. The texts are a tad stilted at times and the illustrations slightly flat, so they might not be appealing to older kids, but they will serve as good introductions to graphic novels and historical fiction for early readers. Added bonuses are the brief yet informative introductions and afterwords providing more facts about the settings."" --School Library Journal --Journal ""The new History's Kid Heroes series uses a graphic format to provide fictional accounts of kids standing tall in true historical settings. This entry takes place in the late nineteenth century on the North Carolina coast. The Pea Island Station of the U.S. Life-Saving Service (the precursor to the Coast Guard) was the first to be manned entirely by African Americans. Young Sam Deal loves riding his horse, Ginger, over the sand dunes and watching the men engage in rescue drills, dreaming of the day when he can join them. Then, on a stormy night, he spots a distress signal from the E. S. Newman, and he and Ginger fearlessly plunge into the surf to help bring survivors to the shore. With a good shot of energetic action and a focused look at a little-known slice of history, this quick story should have appeal both in and out of the classroom. An afterword tells how, at the request of an eighth-grade girl, President Clinton and the Coast Guard posthumously awarded Gold Lifesaving Medals to the men of Pea Island Station."" --Booklist --Journal

These books provide exciting glimpses into the past, with just the right amount of tension and intensity to capture readers' attention. Each volume shows how even young children can have their lives change from ordinary to extraordinary in just a matter of moments. Readers will dash into the ocean with young Sam Deal as he rescues victims of a shipwreck. Then they will bite their fingernails while the tension builds as Abbie Burgess tries to keep the lighthouse lit and save her family as well. In yet another entry, kids can witness the strange snowy world of Milton Daub as he traverses his neighborhood, helping all in need after a blizzard. The texts are a tad stilted at times and the illustrations slightly flat, so they might not be appealing to older kids, but they will serve as good introductions to graphic novels and historical fiction for early readers. Added bonuses are the brief yet informative introductions and afterwords providing more facts about the settings. --School Library Journal --Journal The new History's Kid Heroes series uses a graphic format to provide fictional accounts of kids standing tall in true historical settings. This entry takes place in the late nineteenth century on the North Carolina coast. The Pea Island Station of the U.S. Life-Saving Service (the precursor to the Coast Guard) was the first to be manned entirely by African Americans. Young Sam Deal loves riding his horse, Ginger, over the sand dunes and watching the men engage in rescue drills, dreaming of the day when he can join them. Then, on a stormy night, he spots a distress signal from the E. S. Newman, and he and Ginger fearlessly plunge into the surf to help bring survivors to the shore. With a good shot of energetic action and a focused look at a little-known slice of history, this quick story should have appeal both in and out of the classroom. An afterword tells how, at the request of an eighth-grade girl, President Clinton and the Coast Guard posthumously awarded Gold Lifesaving Medals to the men of Pea Island Station. --Booklist --Journal

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Candice Ransom is the author of more than 120 books for children, including Endangered and Extinct Amphibians (Lerner, 2014), Iva Honeysuckle Discovers the World (Hyperion, 2012), and Rebel McKenzie (Hyperion, 2013) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:""Table Normal""; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:""Calibri"",""sans-serif""; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} . She teaches in Hollins University's graduate program in children's literature and lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Visit her online at http://www.candiceransom.com/.

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