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Tia Isa Wants A Car
Descriptors: Americas, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) Other Themes: America, beach, Car, Cuba, Cuban-American, Family, Family problems, Money Problems, work 1 Comment
Garmann’s Summer
This unique, award-winning picture book delves into the mind of a young boy who is afraid of starting school. Summer is nearly over. The old aunts have come to visit, and autumn is in the air. Everything is ready for Garmann’s first day of school, but he is till nervous. And he can’t believe that [...]
Descriptors: Awards, Norway, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Scandinavia Other Themes: anxiety, childhood emotion, Family life, Fear, First day of school, USBBY 2009 Outstanding Book Leave a comment
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 (ages 9-14), Sweden Other Themes: Death, Hope, island, knitting, Loneliness, loss of family, orphan, struggling, uncle, waiting Leave a comment
My Aunt Otilia’s Spirits: Los espíritus de mi tía Otilia
When tall, skinny Aunt Otilia comes to visit from Puerto Rico, her curious nephew finds out about her magical powers.
Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Puerto Rico Other Themes: belief, Magic, parapsychology, spirit Leave a comment
The Lady with the Hat
Yulek, a seventeen-year-old Holocaust survivor, finds himself tragically alone at war’s end. Hoping to begin again, he makes his way to Palestine, where he meets a sad and beautiful Jewish girl named Theresa. Saved from the Nazis by Catholic nuns, Theresa, like Yulek, is uncertain about her place in the postwar world. Together they struggle [...]
Descriptors: England (UK), Germany, Historical Fiction, Israel, Palestine, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18) Other Themes: Holocaust, Identity, Jew, kibbutz, London, Middle East, new life, postwar, refugee, survivor, uncertainty Leave a comment
Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest
Samuel and Martha have just moved to Norway to live with their aunt Eda, and she’s taking some getting used to. She has too many rules, no TV, and insists that they eat local delicacies like brown cheese and reindeer soup. And then there’s the most peculiar thing about her—her irrational fear of her own [...]
Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Norway Other Themes: Brother and sister, Dog, imaginary creature, Magic, new life, orphan, Rescue Leave a comment
