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
- 2006 Sibert winner
- Score: 10.56
For more than one hundred years, a submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. This Civil War stealth weapon – the H. L. Hunley – made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. But something went wrong during that daring mission. The Hunley never returned to port.
Despite decades of searching, the Hunley remained unfound. In 1995 her story took a startling turn. As she had during the Civil War, the Hunley once again made newspaper headlines. How the submarine came to be on the ocean floor, how she came to leave it, and what happened next make up one of the most compelling stories in the history of archaeology and the history of the Civil War – an amazing tale of bravery, mystery, bones, and gold.
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
- 2006 Newbery honor
- 2006 Orbis Pictus honor
- 2006 Sibert honor
- Score: 18.56
“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.
