New Books - 2/7/11

Literature
The Jim dilemma : reading race in "Huckleberry Finn"
"The author, who embraces her own slave heritage,... challenges opponents to read [Twain's] novel closely. She shows how Twain has created not another Uncle Tom but a worthy man of integrity and self-reliance." (from the back cover)

Fiction
The false princess / Eilis O'Neal
She was the princess and heir to her father's throne. But on her sixteenth birthday, she learned the truth. She was an impostor. Her real name was Sinda and she was a "false princess."

Scarlett fever / Maureen Johnson
The sequel to Suite Scarlett finds Scarlett working for theater agent Amy Amberson, beginning her sophomore year at a tough school, and dealing with typical teenage problems.

History
American uprising : the untold story of America's largest slave revolt / Daniel Rasmussen
"In January, 1811, 500 slaves dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose up from the plantations around New Orleans and set out to conquer the city." (from the cover)

Films
The adventures of Huck Finn
-starring Elijah Wood, Courtney Vance, Robbie Coltrane, and Jason Robards

Julius Caesar
-starring Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, and Richard Chamberlain