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We were there, too! :young people in U.S. history

Biographies of dozens of young people who made a mark in American history, including explorers, planters, spies, cowpunchers, sweatshop workers, and civil rights workers.

Main Author:	Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Children > Biography > Young adult. United States > History > Young adult nonfiction. United States > Biography > Young adult.

Summary:	Biographies of dozens of young people who made a mark in American history, including explorers, planters, spies, cowpunchers, sweatshop workers, and civil rights workers.
Item Description:	"Melanie Kroupa books."
Physical Description:	vii, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
ISBN:	0374382522
Author Notes:	Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs and articles. Although he first wrote for adults, he turned his attention to children and young adults in part to keep up with his own daughters. His book Claudette Colvin won a National Book Award and was dubbed a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2009. He is also the author of Hey, Little Ant , co-authored by his daughter, Hannah, It's Our World, Too! , and The Race to Save the Lord God Bird . We Were There, Too! was a National Book Award finalist. He has received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, a Christopher Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, among numerous honors. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and grew up in the towns of South Bend, Angola, and Speedway, Indiana. He was educated at Indiana University and the Yale School of Forestry. He lives in Portland, Maine.

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