The Endless Steppe, Growing Up in Siberia  •  Esther Hautzig  •  Jean-Francois Podevin BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1995 •  PAPER  • 243 PAGES • YOUNG ADULTS The moving World War II story of a girl, her mother and grandmother, Polish Jews who were taken prisoner in Vilna by the Russians and shipped to a forced labor camp in Siberia, where they remained for five years. It's based on the true experiences of the author. In a mass market edition for young adults. (SIB07, $5.99)
Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy: Alaska's First Naturalist: Georg Wilhelm Steller  •  Ann Arnold BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 240 PAGES • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) On June 4, 1741, Georg Wilhelm Steller set sail from Avacha Bay in Siberia on the St. Peter, under the command of Vitus Bering. The crew was bound for America on the last leg of an expedition whose mission was to explore, describe, and map Russia's vast lands from the Ural Mountains across Siberia to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and possibly lay claim to the northwest coast of America -- if they could find it, for no European had ever reached America by this route. Officially, Steller was the ship's mineralogist, but in practice he was its doctor, minister, and naturalist as well. Appointed to the expedition in 1737 by the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg, he was sworn to secrecy concerning any discoveries. Making judicious use of Steller's richly detailed journals and liberal use of illustrations and maps, Ann Arnold takes readers on Steller's voyage of discovery that left commander Bering and half the crew dead. (ALA291, $21.00)