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I County Library 1 I by Kathleen Duffy j

The American Library Association and Children's Book Council publishes a series of book lists on various topics designed to appeal to all ages. 'Tracking the Past" annotates books which reflect our historic past. Many books published for adults are enjoyed by young people, just as many books published if or young people appeal to adults. Highly recommended for entire families are: Antigone. Jean Anouih. French and European Publications, Inc., 1975 Papa-. The stay of Antigone, who defies her uncle, the King, and buries ha brother, knowing all the while that she will be killed for ba disobedience. Jean Anouih exposes the very core of Greek tragedy, but, by using modern language, he turns out a thoroughly contemporary play that pits an idealistic, uncompromising girl against ha practical, political uncle. The reader ends up sympathizing with both and asking, as they do, who is really free to exercise powa? Autobiobraphy of Miss Jane Pitman. Ernest J. Gaines. Dial. 1971. Papa ed. Bantam. Jane was an ll-year-old field hand when the Emancipation Pro-

clamation was announced. [ Ha life story, told on tape | when she was ova 100 years old, is also the story of friends and loved ones, all struggling to find out what freedom meant, didn't mean and might mean in white America. A moving account; an unforgetable characta. Bright Candles. Nathaniel Behchley. Harper. 1974. Sixteen-year old Jens Hansten's resistance to the German occupation of his native Denmark began in 1940 with such small acts of harassment as putting sugar into the tanks of the German cars, but soon he was ferrying Jews to safety in Sweden and blowing up factories. Jen's particular stay, however, transcends the plot. "Die author succeeds in turning the reada into a Dane, responding as a Dane would to national humiliation. A powerful recreation of feelings in World War II. The Bronze Bow . Elizabeth Speare. Houghton, 1961. In the days when Roman soldiers occupied Israel and Herod was king, young Daniel Bar Jamin vowed to seek vengeance for his country. All.be needed was a leader. But not that preacher,.

Jesus, whom his friend Simon was following; be would neva lead an army. Yet afta a series of disillusionments, Daniel discovered that Jesus was the man he needed afta all. Strong plot and characterization make it unnecessary fa the author to spell out any message. Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth. Patricia Clapp. Lothrop. 1968. To 14-year-old Constance Hopkins, London was HOME. She wanted nothing to do with \tbe pathetic little settlement at Plymouth na with the ugly sickness that was attacking the 'colonists. Only when ha father falls ill does Constance roll up ha sleeves and join in the community struggle fa survival. Constance's story, ha growth into a spunky .heroine wooed by three bacfjelors, is woven into the history of Plymouth's first six years. A stirring account, faithful to the record. Dance of the Tiger. B jorn

Kurten Pantheon, 1900. A novel of the Ice Age by. a leading paleontologist, who reconstructs the world as it might have been 35,000 years ago and the possible tensions between the dominant Mack people (Homo sapiens) and the white minority a Neanderthals (often referred to as the Trolls). In an exciting adventure story the author contends that these two species were contemporaries and equally human. A fresh perspective on evolution and human nature. Daughter of Tijne. Josephine fey. Buccaneer Books, 1951. Confined to a hospital bed, a Scotland Yard detective turns to hisotry fa a crime to solve. And what more heinous crime than Richard Ill's murda of his two little nephews? Although history has convicted him, Richard's record, his characta, and even his face raise doubts in 'this detective's mind. The unravelling of the facts

] makes a compelling 1 mystery with scholarly insight into the way history is written and miswritten. Dragonwings. Laurence Yep. Harper, 1975. In 1903 an 8-year-old boy leaves the Middle Kingdom (China) fa the Land of the Golden Mountain (America), where his fatba does laundry fa the demons (Americans). In San Francisco the boy must adjust to the all-male life of his fatha's "company", to harassment of the demons, and to his father himself, whose dream of being a winged dragon in a forma life accounts for his- obsession with building a flying machine. The San Francisco earthquake is only one of the terrors the boy endures as he learns more about dragons, demons, and himself. Hakon of Rogen's Sage. Erik Haugaard. Houghton. 1963. "Die scene is an island off Norway; the time, the ■ late Viking period; the hero, a young teenager fighting fa his rightful inheritance as chief of his island. Most memorable is the style; virile and poetic

as a saga, timeless as wisdom. The Kings Fifth. Scott O'DeU. Houghton. 1966. A 16-year-old cartographer, memba of a reinforcement unit fa Coronado's army, is persuaded that he will become world-famous fa his maps if he joins a mutinous expedition into the Unknown in search of gold. Although at first repelled, be gradually falls victim to the gold feva thai consumes his party, driving them to overcome all obstacler, destroy everyone in their way and finally to turn against each other. A realistic suspense novel of Spanish conquistadors. with a hero who pays a high price but whose humanity triumphs. Many of these titles are in the Cape May * County Library's collection. The adult titles are found upstairs on the main floa in the card catalog; those books fa young people are listed downstairs in the children's catalog. Do not hesitate to ask for «" assistance. It is a pleasure to find the right book fa the right person

Rx . Health Watc h «■ ; ■> by- Dr. Robert C. Beitman

Many of you are doing something to my cancer patients that has to stop immediately. Fa starters, ' you sometimes treat these people as if they have a contagious illness. Cancer, to the best of medical knowledge, is not contagious! (The only significant exception being Kaposi's Sarcoma, which is involved with AIDS.) It's bad enough to have canca, but all of a sudden fa relatives to start acting differently, that's too much. To have your loved ones stop kissing you, to hold ' their children back from a hug, to wash the dishes in boiled water a to use paper plates is unnecessary and unkind. Imagine the hurt you are causing and the worsening of the patient's isolation. ANOTHER thing.. .having cancer doesn't necessarily mean someone & handicapped a has to quit work. People who have had a breast removed afta a period of recovery will be able to still be your tennis partna, still operate a jack-hammer orf typewrita and still pick up1 their grandchild. Even someone dying slowly of canca can continue a normal life style, often for years. Please don't cut someone out of your life because of canca! Sure it hurts you inside to look at someone you care about and know they have canca. Don't allow that to make you stay away. If you care, then be their friend, their lova, their mate — help them to live! Help them to hare a life as na mal as possible, because this is usually what the pason most dearly desires. HAVING CANCER is dramatic, isn't it? Do you sometimes find yourself a bit disappointed that your friend has a remission, a isn't going to die? A few - — ■ ■ i ■ ■ i '

people out there know what I mean. You were all psychologically prepared for their death and now that's not going to happen. Your friend can sense your feelings. Get your act together and realize how daily we are blessed with canca cures. Turn you thinking around to hope. If it's definitely the end, it's likely that the patient already realizes it. Please accept that it's almost impossible to hide it from them. In my opinion,' hiding is a game you'll deeply > regret when they're gone. Eventually you'll realize that when they didn't have anyone with whom to discuss their pain and suffoing, you were not able to comfort them. You say ''spare t b em the knowledge." I WONDER, by doing this, do we spare them a ourselves? The situation quickly becomes selfdefeating, fa they realize you can't talk about it and they won't eyen open the conversation fa fear they will hurt you. • / And to the cancer patient who is keeping a deep 1 secret from family and friends: those who care about you know something is wrong. They have feelings too; perhaps they deserve the time to plan for special times together with you. Are you being fair? When you die will they feel you didn't want their help, their support, their love? Will they be tormented to know you kept it all inside? * I invite responsible comments from Health Watch readers on this controversial subject. Write directly to me at my office: 116 N. Main St., Cape May Court House. 06210. Health Watch u a public education project of the Cape May County Unit of the American Cancer ' Society of which Dr. Be itman is president-elect.

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