Theme: Art and artists

Land Of Yesterday, Land Of Tomorrow: Discovering Chinese Central Asia

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

An informative look at the little-known Xinjiang Province of China, closed to foreigners in 1949 and only reopened in 1984, detailing its history, its use as a testing ground for nuclear weapons, its natural resources, and its people.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Tagged » Comments closed

Daniel Half Human: And The Good Nazi

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

Young Daniel Kraushaar and his friends dream of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany, but when Daniel learns his mother is Jewish his connections to the Nazis will have fateful consequences.

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Jumpman: Rule #1: Don’t Touch Anything

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

When a defective time-jumping device strands Theodore, a teen from the distant future, in the twenty-first century, he is helped by two high schoolers–Jules, who is having time problems of his own, and Gen, an old friend Jules was about to ask out.

Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania, Science Fiction » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Old John

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

Things are never quite the same after Jacob and Laura’s lovable but idiosyncratic grandfather moves in.

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Three Songs For Courage

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

In 1956, sixteen-year-old Gordon Westley finds his summer vacation shattered by tragedy, forcing him to come face-to-face with the darkest–and the sweetest–side of human nature.

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

Evergreen Tales Of Panchatantra

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

This collection of humorous fables originated almost 2000 years ago in a Sanskrit collection of animal stories called the Panchatantra. These stories have found their way in one form or another into the folklore of every major culture and tradition.

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

Seeker

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

Having been rejected by the Nomana–the revered warrior-monk order they long to join–sixteen-year-olds Seeker and Morning Star, along with a curious pirate named Wildman, attempt to prove that they are worthy of joining the community, after all.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed