Theme: adjustment

One More River

By Book Importer | Published: May 24, 2010

Lesley lives in Canada and thinks life is just great, she has got friends, she likes school and they are very comfortably off. But then her father makes a fateful decision, the whole family is going to emigrate to Israel and live a more fully Jewish life,Lesley is horrified and very resistant. However, once she [...]

Descriptors: Canada, Historical Fiction, Israel, Palestine, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Boy from over There

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Avramik, a young Holocaust survivor, has difficulties adjusting to life on a kibbutz in the days before the first Arab-Israeli War.

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

The Cuckoo’s Child

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Eleven-year-old Mia refuses to believe that her parents are not coming back after they are reported lost at sea. In 1962, Mia’s parents suddenly disappear while sailing off the coast of Greece. Mia and her two sisters are returned to the United States to the custody of her aunt they barely know. Mia wishes for [...]

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Lebanon, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

When the Soldiers Were Gone

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

After the German occupation of the Netherlands, Benjamin leaves the Christian family with whom he had been living and reunites with his real parents who returned from hiding.

Descriptors: Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Angelina’s Island

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: August 2, 2007

Every day, Angelina dreams of her home in Jamaica and imagines she is there, until her mother finds a wonderful way to convince her that New York is now their home.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Jamaica, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Comments closed