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Theme: Loneliness
Safe Return
After struggling with the death of her mother and father, Ursula worries about her beloved Aunt Dana who boarded a ship during very rough seas weeks ago and has not returned home, and finds herself faithfully waiting with fear and hope.
Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Sweden Other Themes: aunt, Death, Hope, island, knitting, loss of family, orphan, struggling, uncle, waiting Leave a comment
Lamplighter
Orphan Rossamünd Bookchild has been sworn into the Emperor’s service—his duty is to light the lamps along the Emperor’s highways and protect travelers from the ferocious bogles that live in the wild. But he’s found it no easier to fit in with the lamplighters than he did with the foundlings—always too small and too meek—and [...]
Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Oceania, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Other Themes: Emperor, Identity, Monsters, orphan, Self confidence, Tatoo Leave a comment
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness
George lived alone with his grandmother and an empty place where his mother and father should be. One Friday on his way home from school, George visited the animal shelter. There, in the very last cage, was Jeremy, a dog who looked as lost and as lonely as George. When Jeremy goes home to live [...]
Descriptors: Australia, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3), Realistic Fiction Other Themes: Dog, Family, Friend, happiness, loss of parents, Love Leave a comment
Straw Sense
An old man who makes dolls breaks through the loneliness of a young boy who doesn’t speak.
The Tygrine Cat
Alone and lost, a young cat called Mati is struggling to be accepted by a colony of street cats in the bustling marketplace at Cressida Lock. What Mati doesn’t know is that he is the last of a vital, age-old breed and that a mysterious feline assassin named Mithos is close on his trail. With [...]
Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Other Themes: Acceptance, cat, Dark, Identity, Secret Leave a comment
The House of Djinn
It has been ten years since Shabanu staged her death to secure the safety of her daughter, Mumtaz, from her husband’s murderous brother. Mumtaz has been raised by her father’s family with the education and security her mother desired for her, but with little understanding and love. Only her American cousin Jameel, her closest confidant [...]
Descriptors: Pakistan, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Other Themes: arranged marriage, Family, Islam, Love, Tradition Leave a comment
The Baboon King
Morengaru, a strong young hunter, has been cast out by both his mother’s people, the Kikuyu, and his father’s people, the Masai. Every day he misses human companionship, and soon he feels as though he’s becoming more like the animals around him. When Morengaru has the chance to belong again, he seizes the opportunity. Then [...]
Descriptors: Africa, Kenya, Realistic Fiction, Tanzania, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Other Themes: Acceptance, baboon, beloning, Friend, Kikuyu, Masai, mixed race, prejudice, rejection, wilderness Leave a comment
The Scarlet Stockings
As an infant, Daphne was abandoned on the doorstep of an all-girls school. Now, at thirteen, she longs to discover the truth about her past and to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a prima ballerina. When a book containing a tantalizing riddle and a magical pair of stockings arrive, her dreams of glory and [...]
Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, France, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Other Themes: abandonment, Ballet, Identity, insecurity, London, Magic, mother and daughter, orphan, overcoming, Paris, School Leave a comment
A Dinosaur Called Tiny
When Tiny the Dinosaur hatches out of a great, big egg, no one can believe how small he is! Tiny grows—a little—and tries to make friends with the other young dinosaurs, but they laugh and say that he isn’t big enough to play their games. But when one of the other dinosaurs is suddenly in [...]
Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) Other Themes: Dinosaurs, making friends, saving life, self-worth Leave a comment
On October 20, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., Rosemary Wells, illustrator and author of the preschool series Max and Ruby, will be at Worlds of Words physical location on the 4th floor of the College of Education at the University of Arizona.
Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer