Theme: change

A Faraway Island

By Book Importer | Published: November 19, 2010

Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden. It’s the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-year-old Nellieare sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go to America. But [...]

Descriptors: Austria, Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Sweden » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 1 Comment

City Boy

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Set in contemporary Malawi, a poignant account of an orphaned boy’s transition from city life to village life. Sam’s widowed mother has died from “the Disease,” and Sam is claimed by his aunt Mercy, who lives in the small African village where Sam’s mother was born and raised. The gap between Sam’s life in the [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Malawi, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » 1 Comment

Oranges In No Man’s Land

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Oranges in No Man’s Land tells the riveting story of ten-year-old Ayesha’s terrifying journey across no man’s land to reach a doctor in hostile territory in search of medicine for her dying grandmother.Set in Lebanon during the civil war, this story is told by award-winning author Elizabeth Laird and is based on personal, real-life events. [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Lebanon, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Waorani: People of the Ecuadoran Rain Forest (Global Villages)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Describes the culture and plight of the Waorani, an indigenous tribe of the Ecuadoran rain forest whose environment and way of life are threatened by the encroachment of the industrial world.

Descriptors: Ecudor, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Changes in Latitudes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Sixteen-year-old Travis is looking for a good time. A vacation in Mexico with his mother, sister, and little brother might cramp his style, but he’s willing to take that risk for a chance to cruise the beaches.Travis soon discovers that even with his headphones and shades, he can’t completely cut himself off from his family’s [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Fiction, Mexico, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Mama’s Little Ranch on the Pampas

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This story about ranch life on the Argentinean pampas is told in the voice of young Maria Cristina, who describes the activities as the seasons change. Mama buys the ranch during a hot and steamy January. The children go back to school in March, and during the cold and rainy July winter vacations, most of [...]

Descriptors: Argentina, Latin America, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Sambalena Show-Off

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A lazy boy gets his head stuck in a pot, and only with the wise advice of his grandmother does he get it out.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment