Genre: Drama

Drama genre

Munsch at Play Act 2: Eight More Stage Adaptations

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

This book presents simple stage adaptations, suitable for school use, of eight stories along with staging suggestions and ideas for easily obtainable sets, props, and costumes.

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Dracula

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Enter the realm of Count Dracula! Bram Stoker’s masterpiece is adapted for a younger audience with all the sinister intrigue of the original novel.English solicitor Jonathan Harker is on a journey to see a new client—the enigmatic Count Dracula. But when the unfortunate Harker finds himself held prisoner in the count’s remote castle, he must [...]

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Emil And Karl

By Book Importer | Published: December 23, 2010

This is a unique work. It is one of the first books written for young readers describing the early days of the event that has since come to be known as the Holocaust. Originally written in Yiddish in 1938, it isone of the most accomplished works of children’s literature in this language. It is also [...]

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Resistance

By Book Importer | Published: December 23, 2010

Fighting on a secret front of World War II Paul and Marieas bucolic French country town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII, but the siblings still live in the shadow of war. Their father is a Prisoner of War, kept hostage by the Germans. When their friend Henrias parents disappear and Henri goes [...]

Other Descriptors: Europe, France, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

Number The Stars

By Book Importer | Published: December 23, 2010

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be courageous and resourceful as she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. Reprint. Newbery Medal Winner. AB. SLJ. K. H.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2

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Milkweed

By Book Importer | Published: December 23, 2010

A stunning novel of the Holocaust from a Newbery MedalistHe’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Filthy son of Abraham.He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself, and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels.He’s a boy who [...]

Other Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Bamboo People

By Book Importer | Published: October 12, 2010

This coming-of-age novel takes place against the political and military backdrop of modern-day Burma. Narrated by two teenaged boys on opposing sides of the conflict between the Burmese government and the Karenni, one of the many ethnic minorities in Burma, Bamboo People explores the nature of violence, power, and prejudice as seen through the eyes [...]

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The Killer’s Tears

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: December 17, 2009

On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos’ farmhouse, he kills the farmer and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo–a young boy who will claim this as the day on which he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of [...]

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Dreamspeaker

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

A troubled eleven-year-old boy escapes from an institution to the forests of British Columbia, where he finds sanctuary with a Native American shaman who shows him that he is capable of learning and can control his violence.

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Two Plays

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

Offers readers two fantastical plays, including the tale of a young girl who, upset and confused over the death of her father, conjures up a Wild Boy from magic spells and finally finds a friend who understands her pain and loss.

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