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Noted writer Laurence Pringle guides readers through the last year of World War II and the one-room school of his childhood--School 14 in Monroe County, New York. Barbara Garrison's folk-style illustrations, presented as snapshots in an album, help capture the feeling of that time and place. Full color . ... Read more

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Title: A year later, teens weigh in on Iraq: high-school students are taking a second took at the war, with many adopting more nuanced views about not only Iraq, but also America's rote in the world.(International)
Author: Sam Dillon
Publication: New York Times Upfront (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 10, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 136Issue: 14Page: 18(5)

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Title: UAlbany NanoCollege receives federal funding for nanotechnology education and research.(FINANCING)
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Publication: Military & Aerospace Fiber Optics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2009
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With contributions from Stephen Ambrose ï William F. Buckley, Jr. ï David Halberstam ï Arthur Miller ï George Plimpton ï Tom Wicker and other historians and writers

Introduction by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

The year 2002 marks the bicentennial of the United States MilitaryAcademy at West Point. More than any other institution's, the historyof West Point is the story of America. Now commemorating this historicmilestone is this authoritative publication of the Academy'sAssociation of Graduates. Featured here is one of the greatestcollections ever of essays by world-renowned historians and writers,plus 400 illustrations, nearly half in full color-including famous andrarely seen paintings-historic letters from cadets, treasured athleticmemorabilia, and other artifacts.

WEST POINT

On the Fourth of July in the year 1802, a handful of cadets gathered on the tall banks of the Hudson River to celebrate the formal opening of the United States Military Academy at West Point. At the time, two instructors with few books taught the rudiments of military engineering in a building no larger than a country schoolhouse.

From these inauspicious beginnings rose a national citadel that has produced America's greatest military leaders and two presidents (three, if you count the Confederacy's Jefferson Davis). This is the story of "The Point," in the throes of war and the lull of peace, in its glory days and years of challenge. Inside WEST POINT you'll relive:

* The growth years under Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer, who after taking office in 1817 rescued West Point from the brink of mutiny and rebuilt it into a model for military academies everywhere
* The Golden Age in the years before the Civil War, when the Academy educated a remarkable group of leaders that included Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, George McClellan, George Pickett, and William T. Sherman
* The Great War and after, when Superintendent Douglas MacArthur launched a short-lived effort to reform the Academy, pleading "How long are we going on preparing for the War of 1812?"
* World War II, when training on horseback finally gave way to drills on motorized vehicles, and the teaching of practical tactics finally replaced theory
* The Korea and Vietnam eras, when costly conflicts forced the institution through painful but necessary transitions
* The playing field as battlefield, when from 1944 to 1946 Red Blaik coached Army to three consecutive football championships, ably assisted by "Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside," Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis.

You'll read prize-winning authors like Arthur Miller on his controversy-filled appearance at Vietnam-era West Point; George Plimpton on the boyhood memories of his great-grandfather, General Adelbert Ames, a man who received the Congressional Medal of Honor after First Bull Run; Stephen E. Ambrose on Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Class of 1915, which produced 60 WW II generals; David Halberstam on the unique hunger that drives West Point students; and William F. Buckley, Jr., on the question that hovers over everything the Academy stands for: "Is America worth it?"

WEST POINT is the ultimate salute to an institution that represents both America's belief in itself and its willingness to fight to defend that belief. ... Read more

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Visit West Point
This coffee table book was okay, no better or no worse than the others that were put together for West Point's bicentennial. But, I think pictures, whether beautiful or just okay, are substantially empty momentos -- not momentos at all -- with little in the way of meaning or value. There is no substitute for the real thing. I recommend that you personally visit West Point and take the tour --- and take pictures with you in them.

Full-color photographs on nearly every page
Collaboratively compiled by Robert Cowley and Thomas Guinzburg, featuring an introduction by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and superbly enhanced with contributions from a number of noted historians and writers including Stephen Ambrose, William F. Buckley Jr., David Halberstam, Arthur Miller, George Plimpton, Tom Wicker, and Cecilia Holland, West Point: Two Centuries Of Honor And Tradition is an illustrated bicentennial celebration of the endurance and legacy of the United States Military Academy of West Point. Full-color photographs on nearly every page embellish this fascinating, informative, and very highly recommended history of America's oldest (and arguably most prestigious) military academy.

Disappointed
In my opinion, this was little more than a glorified admissions department catalogue. A big public relations brochure for West Point, only you have to pay for it. Not what I expected. Sorry, I do not recommend it. I was disappointed.

Mixed Feelings
After paying a lot of money for this, I found it unremarkable, considering the names involved. And, to me, it represents something wrong -- too many people using a national icon's celebrations for personal profit. I wish this book had been done by people truly celebrating West Point by volunteering their time and talents. It probably would have been better. Because of that, along with its being a little too big, boring, glitzy, and [costly], I came away with mixed feelings about it.

A overview for beginners
This book gives an overview of the 200 years of West point. From its humble beginnings to its place as the premier military academy. Its rich with history, facts and photos. ... Read more

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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Fifteen-year-old Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew, escapes the dangers of WWII when his family flees to America. But when a romance with a local girl provokes the anger of their parents, the two teensAmazon.com Review
Star-crossed lovers are the stuff of romantic dreams, but in Two Suns in the Sky Miriam Bat-Ami pursues this theme in an unlikely setting: the grim refugee camp at Oswego, New York, during World War II. Chris Cook, 15, is fed up with the boring town of Oswego but is fascinated by the exotic strangers living so close by. She and her friends sneak into the camp where she meets Adam Bornstein, a Yugoslavian Jew. "For stony limits cannot hold love out," says Shakespeare, and neither can the quarantine fences around the Emergency Refugee Shelter. The two fall passionately in love, in spite of their differences of language and religion--and the angry resistance of Chris's father to anything "foreign." Their voices, as distinctly different as their cultures, alternate in telling the story of their ill-fated attraction.

Miriam Bat-Ami, like Norma Fox Mazer in Good Night, Maman, has drawn on a forgotten piece of American history for her setting: the Emergency Refugee Shelter, the U.S. government's sole attempt to rescue Jews fleeing Hitler's persecution. Bat-Ami captures the collision of cultures in not only the poignant love story, but in the complex emotions of the townspeople, whose good will is tempered by a naive suspicion of strangers, and in the mixed feelings of the refugees themselves, whose gratitude for a place of warmth and shelter is dimmed by their frustration at finding themselves corralled behind barbed wire in the supposed land of the free. Quotations from former residents of the camp and a substantial Author's Note add to the strong authenticity of this intriguing novel. (Ages 11 to 15) --Patty Campbell ... Read more

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Good Authors Don't Leave Their Audiences Hanging!
I don't know about this book but it's on the curriculum for my juniors in my high school. Anyway, I found it to be kind of mildly immature. I felt Christine's father was just a caricature of anti-Semite with no real purpose as to be the only obstacle between her and Adam. I felt that the author knew that this Jewish Romeo and Catholic Juliet was never going to get together anyway. Despite all the love between them, it's not enough to over cultural wars and religious differences. Not that Christine and Adam were so religious to begin with and sadly situations like this happened and hopefully we can go past them but it's hard when the author never tells us what happened to them after they separate. I felt kind of insulted when there was a Bible quiz after Thanksgiving Dinner written in the novel was ridiculous. Maybe not in Oswego but in Bible Country but in upstate New York. I felt that Adam and Christine only imagined a wonderful relationship because it was so foreign for both of them. You wonder would it have been bad if they got together even with religious differences aside. Love is love, it has no color, religion, or gender and I'll leave it that. Love has no agenda but society does.

the best romantic book ever!
This was a wonderful book. It is such a romantic twist! You won't be able to take your eyes off of it! I think that Christine and Adam made such a cute couple. Who in this world would want to break up such a couple that is truly meant to be? The ending of the book throws you off completely! This book I think personally should be made into a movie. It would be a great hit! My favorite character I'd say would be Christine. Christine is the cute, loving, caring, bittersweet, innocent girl that needs a little adventure in her life. The only adventure this girl very had was bad grades. So finally she meets Adam. Adam is the young, adventurous, boy who gets transported to America. Adam at first lived in Italy. Then the war struck ground and his family realized they needed to get out of the center of it. Then when they finally meet they just immediately know they are meant to be together. But, will their parents allow it? So I guess the saying is true, "war brought them together, and tore them apart."

A love story for young adults
This a story of a young girl, Christine Cook who is experiencing her first love with a boy named Adam.It just so happens to be a forbidden first love.Adam has just arrived at a refugee camp in Oswego, New York for Jewish people fleeing from Yugoslavia.Christine is forbidden to go to the refugee camp by her father.She disobeys his wishes and becomes friends with Adam.She soon develops her first crush on him.She gets an indescribable feeling when she is with him and soon discovers that she is in love with him.Through the school year she continually sneaks to the refugee camp to see him, until they both finally realize that they can not continue seeing each other because of the harm it is causing Christine's family.
This is an amazing book for young girls who are experiencing their first love.The story is beautifully told with out containing any graphic material and leaving just enough to the imagination.Christine shows girls how to deal with the insecurities they are facing in their lives.Christine's true self is portrayed by being described as strong, and adventurous, which both of these apply to many teenage girls.I think all teen girls should read this book by Miriam Bat-Ami, because of the adventure it sends you on as a reader and the ending that seems very appropriate.

A Very Good Book
Two Suns in the Sky by Miriam Bat-Ami is a wonderful story about first love and tolerance.The setting and events in the novel are based on factual events.The story is set during World War II.Jewish refugees come to the United States and stay at a refugee camp. Located at the site of Fort Ontario, a decommissioned army base, the Emergency Refugee Center served as a holding center for refugees until plans were finalized for their return to Europe or resettlement in the United States.This book is exciting, sad and it represents the reality of life for Jews during the War.

Miriam Bat-Ami has done an amazing job with the characters and setting.Her use of parallel voices chronicles both the problems of Jewish refugees and the responses to the refugees by Americans living near the shelter.She reinforces many of the themes and conflicts in the book by introducing each chapter with quotes from former refugees or other historical personages.

A forbidden love
Two Suns in the Sky was written by Miriam Bat-Ami. This wonderfully written book takes you on an adventureb through first character. Often switching from the refugee Adam to the american Christien but she prefers to be called Chris. In the beginning of the stroy through Adam's view you find out that his brother,father, and grandmother have been gone for a long time. He says an ad saying that you can come to the states for safety. After a long time with his mother she finally decides to take Adam and his sister to the states for safety. When you get to Chris's view in the beginning you find that she is a girl longing to be kissed and wishes for adventure. She wants to join the WAC and actually do something for the war.
As the story continues chris and aadm finally meet. As a kind gesture Chris puts her bike over the fence for Adam's lil sister to use. The press tries to put her on the news but she hides from them knowing that if her dad found out that if she ever showed up at the camp she would be grounded. Through mutual friends she has gotten to know and love Adam. she spends many hours in the refugee camp making friends and finding out that many people have suffered more than she probably ever will. For a while she meets Adam every day in the library. But when her dad finds out that she has been seeing him he gets furious and says that she can never see that refugee again. She keeps on going to her secret visits with him. But after awhile she finally admits all of this in confession and agrees to never do it again. How will this come to end. Will she ever get to love Adam again or is their relationship doomed to end? Yo find out read this beautiful love story called Two Suns in the Sky. ... Read more

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For thirteen-year-old Judy Strand, summers in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, bustle with games of stickball played in the street, fun-filled outings to neighboring Coney Island, and her family’s yearly trip to the Catskill Mountains. But in July 1944, Judy’s carefree days and her innocence are shaken by a discovery: The man she’s always called Pa isn’t her real father. Even more shocking, Judy learns that the father she doesn’t remember was an alcoholic who abandoned his family. That’s why Judy’s mother emigrated to America from Norway. Now Judy feels jumbled inside: She’s angry at her mother for keeping the truth from her–and she’s suddenly awkward around Pa. Nothing her parents say soothes the hurt.

At first, even the attentions of Jacob Jacobsen don’t make her feel any better. Judy likes Jacob; it’s just that his dad’s drinking binges hit too close to home. Ashamed, Judy doesn’t want anyone to find out her secret. But as misfortune befalls Jacob, Judy’s close friends, and her own family, Judy rallies to their side, and in the process recognizes that growing up encompasses forgiveness–of others and of herself.


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Don't ever buy from these people!!!
They had lied on the over view!! They said it was like new!! And all ofthe pages where falling out!!! Don't ever buy from here!!!!!

Great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is honestly the best book I have ever read. April Lurie, you are a terrific writer. I really appreciate your work! Thanks. Also, if you have any books very similar to Dancing in the Streets of Brooklyn, I would love to know.



Thanks for reading!

- Katie Jenkins

one of my favorites
i have read this book 3 times in one day. u my think thats crazy but it just shows u how good this book is. a twist of reality, romance, and confilcts is what makes the recipe complete and this book has got it all.

I Couldn't Put This Book Down!!
Dancing in the streets of Brooklyn by April Lurie is based on some true events. A little piece of information I thought was interesting is that April Lurie grew up in Brooklyn, New York along with her character Judy.

Fourteen-year-old Judy Strand is the main character in this book. When Judy was younger, her father abandoned her and her mother. Judy's mom, knowing she would be the sole provider for her family, she set out for America for more opportunity. Before they started their journey, Mrs. Strand had two children, one of which died of pneumonia on their way to America. Judy had no idea that she had a younger sister until, nosing around in her mom's closet.There, she found a photo of a little girl and a birth certificate for an anonymous person. When Judy finally got the guts to ask her mom who this girl was, her mom started to weep uncontrollably. I'm not going to let out the secret of why she was crying..... You'll need to read this book and figure out for yourself the "Big Secret".

Lurie has a great talent for word choice. She is so descriptive; I had a visual of what was going on in the story at all times. Here is a great example; "I awoke to loud voices mixed with aroma of fish balls and creamed cabbage. Ma was fretting like she did when she burned something." You're probably wondering why she was fretting, but I can't give away the whole thing!!

I think this is a great book for ages 9 to 12 both boys and girls as it has many concurrent story lines. This is a very dramatic book for active readers. Why don't you read it and see for yourself. Have a great time reading!

I Couldn't Put this Book Down!
Wow this is the best new author I have read in a long time.I read the entire book in one sitting because I could not put it down.The characters were so realistic and I felt like I could relate to each of them in one way or another. I recommend Dancing in the Streets of Brooklyn to anyone looking for an exciting novel to read over the holidays. ... Read more

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The reader will encounter an autobiography embellished with "historical appendages" which cater to history buffs, and to those who have a curiosity to learn about the various ethnicities that weave the colorful tapestry of these United States.The Protagonist is a first-born American of Polish-Ukrainian immigrant parents, who felt at times that there were two strikes against him.His speech, language structure were earmarks of his heritage, which in many corners of our social strata were frowned.

His mother never set foot in a classroom, and her distinguished signature was the proverbial "X".The patriarch, at age 33, avoiding possible litigation and most assuredly encountering business turmoil with the Czarist authorities; hightailed to the United States having been persuaded and given aid by his Jewish business friend.

Janko, whose name eventually evolved into John was the only progeny of the aforesaid parents.Florian and Justin were the tiny unskilled human cogs of the sundry factories mushrooming in the city of Tonanandas.Florian was a fireman and stokes at the Buffalo Bolt Company, and his mother Justine made her daily streetcar trips to Spaulding Company.

john was very much alone, but not completely bored; saved by the Sears and Roebuck catalogue.This bulging fully illustrated hulk of pictures of merchandise was the one and only text that he had the pleasure to own, until his enrollment to the first grade at the Our Lady of Czestochowa parochial school.

The Sears and Roebuck composition was the syllabus to life and a window to the real world.John did not experience individual attention, which is most essential in the early development of every child.His parents had little to offer, for they themselves had little to give.However, John was fortunate to catch the attention of several educators who made up the shortcomings of his parents.

The reader will gain a unique perspective of the Prohibition through the exploits of a teenager.As the youngster matured, accompanied with the hardships of the Depression, and the horrors of World War II, further augmented his resolve to gain an education and seek the fulfillment of the "American Dream"; which he accomplished. ... Read more