Issue: March 2007

Teenage Refugees From Vietnam Speak Out

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

ntroduces the history and political situation in Vietnam, and presents a variety of young refugees, who describe the reasons why they had to leave, their travels as refugees, and their experiences adjusting to a new country.

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Border Crossings: Emigration And Exile

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A collection of fiction, non-fiction, and photo essays provides an international look at emigration and the mixed emotions caused by leaving one’s familiar surroundings to start a new life on foreign soil.

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The Unvisibles

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

After twelve-year-old Oliver recites an ancient Indian magical spell and becomes invisible, he enlists the aid of his classmate, Nicky, and the two of them join forces to undo the damage as well as to help their families and themselves.

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Stranded In Boringsville

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Following her parents separation, twelve-year-old Rain moves with her mother to the country, where she befriends the unpopular boy who lives next door and also seeks a way to cope with her feelings toward her father and his new girlfriend.

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Fish for the Grand Lady

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In Trinidad, two brothers try fishing in a new place, hoping to bring home a big catch for their grandmother.

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Pizza For The Queen

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In 1889 Napoli, Italy, Raffaele Esposito prepares a special pizza for the queen, in a book based on a true story which includes a recipe for pizza Margherita.

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The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do.

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The Cat With The Yellow Star: Coming Of Age In Terezin

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A little cat pinned with a star, a Nazi concentration camp and an opera production–this is the story of Ela Weissberger’s coming of age in Terezin and the adults who helped the children to survive there.

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Dogboy

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In 1346, twelve-year-old Brind, an orphaned kennel boy raised with hunting dogs at an English manor, accompanies his master to France, where he must fend for himself when both his master and their dogs are lost at the decisive battle of Cr

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The Roses in My Carpets

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning weave.

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