1976- | Batavia High School Media Center

Learning Joy From Dogs without Collars

Relates the author's experiences growing up with an unwed, homeless mother, attending Harvard, finding her father, and finding her place in the world.

1976-, Biography, Childhood and youth, Homeless children, Homeless persons

B
Summer

The Radioactive Boy Scout

Ken Silverstein

Tells the story of David Hahn, the Michigan teenager who built a nuclear breeder reactor in his backyard in 1994, endangering the residents of his Michigan hometown and raising the ire of the federal

1976-, Boy Scouts of America, Breeder reactors, Gifted boys, Hahn, David

621.48
SIL

Foreign Babes in Beijing

Rachel DeWoskin

Twenty-one-year-old Rachel DeWoskin moves to Beijing to work for an American PR firm, and while she is there, she is swept into the glamorous world of Chinese television.

1976-, China, DeWoskin, Rachel, Social life and customs, Travel

951
DEW

A biography of Kim Zmeskal, and first American gymnast ever to win the all-around in a World Championship meet, discussing her career, the injury that kept her from doing her best at the 1992 Olympics

1976-, Biography, Gymnasts, United States, Zmeskal, Kim

B
ZMESKAL

Lost in the System

Charlotte Lopez

The story of Charlotte Lopez, winner of the 1993 Miss Teen USA pageant, focusing on her experiences as a foster child from the age of two through her adoption fifteen years later.

1976-, Beauty contestants, Biography, Foster children, Foster home care

B
LOPEZ

Explaining China

Steve Allen

1921-, 1976-, Allen, Steve, China, Description and travel

915.1
A