Gr 4-7-Brief but informative looks at two very different happenings. Opening chapters set the historical stage and the concluding chapter in each title outlines the effect on subsequent events. Both books are heavily illustrated with well-chosen and carefully placed archival photographs and, particularly in Bus Boycott, reproductions of historical documents. Uschan outlines the basic facts of those devastating two hours in 1941. Interested readers who make use of the "Further Information" suggestions can find stories of individual servicemen and civilians. Tom McGowen's The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Children's, 2002) provides a similar format and content for slightly younger readers, while Earle Rice, Jr.'s The Bombing of Pearl Harbor (Lucent, 2000) contains a fuller treatment for older students. Walsh races through a history of slavery in America, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and segregation in the first half of the 20th century before launching into his description of what he terms "the beginning of the African-American civil rights movement." Two of the Web sites included in this volume are not particularly useful for information on the Montgomery boycott. The Ferris State University Jim Crow Museum in particular seems an inappropriate choice for the students most likely to be reading this book. These are minor points, however, and both books will be useful for reports or, especially in the case of Uschan's volume, young history buffs. R. Conrad Stein's The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Children's, 1993) and Teresa Celsi's Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Millbrook, 1991) provide much of the same material as Walsh's book.-Elaine Fort Weischedel, formerly at Franklin Public Library, MA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.