Age: Realistic Fiction

Realistic Fiction genre

Almost Eden

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 15, 2007

Growing up in Mennonite community on the Canadian prairie in the late 1960s, Elsie, 12, blames herself when Mom is once again hospitalized for depression. Elsie confesses God about her guilt. The story has two adventures; Elsie loses faith and then finds it again.

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A Very Fine Line

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 15, 2007

Thirteen-year-old Rosalind Kemp, the youngest in a family of sisters lives in a small-town Ontario in late 1941.  Rosalind shockingly learns she has special “gift” that seems to be superstition and prophecy to her.

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Directed By Kaspar Snit

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 15, 2007

 Fresh from their victory over the Kaspar Snit, who was last seen trying to steal the fountains of Rome in The Fortress of Kaspar Snit; the Blande family have earned a rest.

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Mud Tortillas

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 13, 2007

Adriana makes tortillas replacing all the ingredients with fictitious alternatives.

Other Descriptors: Americas, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , » Comments closed

Keeper

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 13, 2007

In an interview with a young journalist, World cub hero El Gato describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.

Other Descriptors: Americas, Brazil, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , » Comments closed

Boy Kills Man

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 13, 2007

Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Colombian city.

Other Descriptors: Americas, Colombia, Region, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , » Comments closed

Sold

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 13, 2007

Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Lakshmi’s stepfather sells her into prostitution in India. She is told that she has to stay in the prostitution until she pays off her family debt. Lakshmi forms friendships with other girls that enable her to survive [...]

Other Descriptors: Asia, India, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , » 3 Comments

The Killing Sea

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 13, 2007

   In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Achnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb island, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother.

Other Descriptors: Asia, Indonesia, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , » Comments closed

Waiting for Gregory

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

A young girl eagerly awaits the birth of her baby cousin, while growing more and more confused by the way her relatives answer her questions.

Other Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Poland » Themes: , » Comments closed

Looking For Bapu

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 11, 2007

When his beloved grandfather dies, eight-year-old Anu feels that his spirit is near and will stop at nothing to bring him back, including trying to become a Hindu holy man.

Other Descriptors: Asia, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , » Comments closed