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Gr. 2-4. Applegate chronicles the gradual acceptance of African Americans in the military by telling the stories of Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the first black man in this century to be admitted to West Point, and Colin L. Powell, presently serving as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The reading level indicates the book is aimed at children ages 7 to 10, but the interest level for this type of material usually does not begin until about 10. These are one-dimensional portraits; the facts are given, but the humanity never comes through. Also, time lines do not give some important pieces of information, such as the dates these men served in various campaigns and when and why they were appointed generals. These omissions, plus the lack of an index, make the book a poor choice for students doing research, but libraries needing additional material on living black men of achievement may find it useful. --Sheilamae O'Hara

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Katherine Applegate was born in Michigan on July 19, 1956. She writes science fiction, young adult romances, and pop-up books. She is the author of the Making Waves, Making Out, and Roscoe Riley Rules series. She writes the Animorphs, Everworld, and Remnants series under the pen name K. A. Applegate. She also writes under the pen names of C. Archer, Catherine Kendall and Elizabeth Benning. She has received numerous awards including a Golden Duck Award (Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades) for The Message in 1997, the SCBWI 2008 Golden Kite Award for Best Fiction and the Bank Street 2008 Josette Frank Award for Home of the Brave, and the 2013 Newbery Medal and the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois) for The One and Only Ivan.

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