Annal:2006 Sibert Medal

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Results of the Sibert Medal in the year 2006. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:


Secrets Of A Civil War Submarine: Solving The Mysteries Of The H. L. Hunley

Sally M. Walker

For more than one hundred years, a submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. In 1995 the H. L. Hunley story took a startling turn. As she had during the Civil War, the Hunley once again made newspaper headlines.

 

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

“I begin with the young. We older ones are used up…But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world.” —Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg 1933

By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history.

Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany’s young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.

 
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