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ing animal" Knowing her,
helped Luke to resolve the
dreadful conflict of desire and
duty, and to find strength
and courage to meet the dan
gers Of snakes and shipwreck.
Winter Rescue
Another credible story Of q
boys courage and determina-
ton is BRAVE JIMMY
STONE by Elliot Arnold
(Knopf. $2.95). Jimmy was on
a deer hunting trip in the
Colorado mountains, a rare
treat, when his father slipped
on the rocky shale and broke
his leg. 1t was up to Jimmy
to backtrack through the
snow for help, no small job
for an 11-year-old. Elliott
Arnold creates wildly the
panic and doubt which
plagued Jimmy as he strug-
gled on the snow-covered
trails. =
ALI Kinds Of Courage
A rather grim story Of re-
venge and rescue with an
African background is told
by Elizabeth CoatSworth in
RONNIE AND THE CHIEFS
SON (Macmillan. So. The
author does not minimize the
savage mores Of the African
chief, but offsets this aspect
strategically with friendship,
which crosses tribal barriers
and with curious wild animal
lore involving herds Of bull
locks and wild antelope.
In a 400-page anthology,
ALL KINDS OF COURAGE
Doubleday. $3.95), Mrs.
Sidonie Gruneberg has COLI
lected a large number Of
stories about boys and girls
whose youth did not protect
them from savage Indians,
wild animals, ghosts, bandits,
spies, snowstornls, and other
dangers.
A wide range Of sources
was searched for material: a
story of China by Pearl
Buck; Of Alaska by Lind
quist: and other top-notch
stories by Sperry, Coats
worth, Meigs, Wilder, Brink,
Berry, Holland. More than o
third Of the stories first ap-
peared In STORY Parade" .
magazine dedicated to pub
fishing stories with "guts"
and literary style. "All Kinds
of Courage" offers similar
red-blooded fare for another
generation Of children.
Dutch Underground
Two excellent books about
World War II show the total
involvement Of women and
children in an occupied
country. In THE WINGED
WATCHMAN Farrar,
Strauss. $3.25). Hilda van
Stockum has written about
the country Of her childhood,
Holland. The grim tragedy
of death and destruction is
lightened by the humor and
affection so characteristic Of
all Hilda van Stockum's
books. Wherever she has
lived, she has created fam
lilies to remember: In Wash
ington, D. c., in Canada, in
Ireland. Now, she offers the
Verhagen family, who trea-
sured their windmill, the
Winged Watchman, through
the dark days Of Nazi occu-
patton.
Dunkerque 'tl
From countless tales Of the
evacuation of Dunkerque,
John Tunis has woven a
glowing adventure Of two
English boys, q French girl,
and a lost dog. The action
and humor reveal the devo-
ton and resourcefulneSs Of
French fishermen and other
plain folk who were the back
bone Of the resistance. In
SILENCE OVER Dun
KERQUE (Morrow. $2.95l
John Tunis gains new stat
ure as a story teller.
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PIT Boat
Robb White Is an Anna
polls graduate whose life has
revolved, sometimes danger,
ously, around boats and the
sea. He dedicates his latest
book, TORPEDO RUN Dou-
bleday. $2.95) to his son,
Robb, torpedoman, U.SN.
TORPEDO RUN" Is an
exciting story Of mutiny, la
beled as young adult, but
there's no good reason why
a 12-year-old couldn't read
through this provocative adj
venture in one long capti-
waited gulp.
Mysteries r
AS. Halloween approaches.
there is special appreciation
for the well-done story Of
mysterious happenings and
ghostly adventures, such as:
SAMSON CATCHES A
MYSTERY by Le Grand
(Houghton. So. .
THE MYSTERY CARGO
by Jean Boutwell, (Dial,
$2.75).
MR.. MYSTERIOUS AND
EnMMn NV larr Cid MInirnh