For Kids

	The Good Master • Kate Seredy • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • First published in the 1930s, this novel tells of two cousins who ride horses across the Hungarian plains, encountering shepherds and gypsies en route. It's all marvelously evocative of the folk customs and lifestyles of old Hungary. Ages 9-12. (HGR25, $5.99)
	The Singing Tree • Kate Seredy • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • The sequel to "The Good Master," in which cousins Jancsi and Kate are now older -- and Hungary (and all of 1914 Europe) are on the brink of war. (HGR26, $6.99)
	Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944 • Aranka Siegal • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG ADULTS • This spare memoir of a Jewish girlhood in a German-occupied Hungarian town won its author a Newbery Honor citation. Its serious subject and introspective tone are recommended for sophisticated young adults. (HGR24, $6.95)
	The White Stag • Kate Seredy • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Kate Seredy drew on oral traditions and folklore for this gripping novella about the Huns' and Magyars' fifth-century migration from Asia to Central Europe. It won her a Newbery Medal in 1938. Ages 9 to 12. (HGR27, $4.99)

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