A collection of plays, essays, poems, biographies, and stories accompanied by discussion questions.

Special Happenings (Level 12)

Evertts, E.

Holt, Reinhart, and Winston

Minamata is a fishing and farming town on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Its people joined the industrial age when the Chisso Corporation built a chemical factory there. The disaster that then befell them, and the ways in which some have managed to respond, reach far beyond Japan. Their courage is a flag of hope for all life - but it will have signaled no victory unless it awakens other people to action in every corner of this planet. An uneasiness developed in the town in the early 1950's. Many individuals fell ill with the same symptoms: limbs and lips tingled and then became numb; speech slurred; motor functions went out of control. Some died. Was this strange new disease contagious? Nobody knew.Minamata's disease was recognized as methyl mercury poisoning from industrial wasters. The mercury reached people through contaminated fish. Some doctors suggested that the number of persons affected might reach 10,000. So far 103 have died and some 700 others have been verified seriously - and permanently - damaged. As groups of victims pressed a turbulent, multi-sided crusade to force industry and government to take responsibility, W. Eugene Smith and his wife, Aileen, moved to Minamata. The result of their collaboration is an enduring document that crowns the work of one of the world's great photographers.

Minamata: The Story of the Poisoning of a City, and of the People Who Choose to Carry the Burden of Courage

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, W. Eugene and Aileen M.

Politics & Government

The Three Sillies: A Folktale

Margot Zemach

Goof-off Goose likes to take it easy today and put off chores until tomorrow, even then her house is very messy

Goose Goofs Off (Sweet Pickles)

Jacquelyn Reinach

Children's Books

Wa Ate Eolit 2005 G 8

Holt-McDougal

Holt Middle School Math Course 1 Tennessee Edition

Audrey Jackson

David J. Chard

Jennie M. Bennett

Janet K. Scheer

Jim Milgram

Bert K.Waits

Education & Reference

Langue et Langage au Laboratoire

Jacqueline Hamel

Holt Mathematics: Teacher's Edition

eugene-douglas-nichols

Hardcover. Bubble wrapped and shipped in 24 to 48 hours.

Buzz, Buzz, Buzzing Bees

Fulks, Gene

Langue et langage au Laboratoire

Unknown, Author

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