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Dawn and Dusk

By nersum | Published: July 6, 2007
As thirteen-year-old Azad tries desperately to cling to the life he has known, the political situation in Iran during the war with Iraq finally forces his family to flee their home and seek safety elsewhere.
Posted in Asia, Historical Fiction, Iran, Iraq, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) | Tagged , | Comments closed

Girl Of Kosovo

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
Although Zana, an eleven-year-old Albanian girl, experiences the turmoil and violence of the 1999 conflict in her native Kosovo, she remembers her father’s admonition to not let her heart become filled with hate.
Posted in Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Serbia and Montenegro | Tagged , | Comments closed

Year of No Rain

By shortk | Published: March 14, 2007
In 1999, when rebel soldiers come to their village in southern Sudan, Stephen and his friends escape but hope to be able to return again.
Posted in Africa, Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Sudan | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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