Theme: Adolescence

The Rug Makers

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

Visit a rug factory in India to see how children weave beautiful rugs.

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Crabbe

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

One night, just before final exams, 18-year-old Franklin Crabbe–smart, rich yet unhappy and a semi-alcoholic–packs his gear and drives away into the woods to disappear completely.

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Coming-Of-Age: Traditions And Rituals Around The World

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

An anthropological perspective on coming-of-age rituals in societies around the world examines elements unique to specific rituals as well as elements common to all.

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China Under Communism

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

This history of modern China covers the origins, founding, and development of the country’s Communist regime and examines the forces that are pushing the country–nuclear power and the home of a fifth of the world’s population–toward change.

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Spilled Water

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

After her father’s death, Lu Si-Yan’s uncle sells her to a rich family who expect her to work as their servant until she is old enough to marry their son, but when she runs away things only get worse.

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