The power the young can have for good or ill is clear in the story about members of the Hitler Youth organizations. Life stories of youth who resisted Hitler are included.

THE JOURNEY THAT SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE: THE TRUE WARTIME ESCAPE OF MARGRET AND H.A. REY: Louise Borden. Illustrated by Allan Drummond. All ages.

The account of how the manuscript for Curious George got out just ahead of the Nazis with vintage photographs, Rey's picture book art, and Drummond's illustrations.

INVISIBLE ALLIES: MICROBES THAT SHAPE OUR LIVES: Jeannette Farrell. Grades 5 and up.

The enormous role of miniscule microbes that are essential to our lives and life on this planet is explained in a conversational style.

THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARION ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS: Russell Freedman. Grades 4 and up.

Marion Anderson's accomplishments against the background of discrimination that was law in the United States when she was building her vocal career.

THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD: Phillip Hoose. Grades 5 and up.

The history of the large ivory-billed woodpeckers that once lived in the bottomlands of America's southern rivers and in Cuba includes 100 years of efforts to save them.

AN AMERICAN PLAGUE: THE TRUE AND TERRIFYING STORY OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1793: Jim Murphy. Grades 5 and up.

The diary of a disease begins in early August of 1793, unfolding day by day as pieces of a puzzle. It is also a rich picture of 18th-century Philadelphia.

JOHN LENNON, ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH: Elizabeth Partridge. High school and up.

A photographic history of one of the 20th century's best known musicians. Begins with John Lennon's unhappy childhood, chronicles his world-wide fame and struggles.

SECRETS OF A CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE: SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF THE H.L.HUNLEY: Sally M. Walker. Grades 5-up.

The history of the Confederate development of a submarine is combined with the modern-day recovery of the H.L. Hunley and its crew to solve parts of a Civil War mystery.