Theme: father and daughter

Faraway Home

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong–in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father’s love for his family be enough to bridge these [...]

Descriptors: Ethiopia, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Tangerine Tree

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When Ida finds out that Papa must leave Jamaica to work in America, she’s heartbroken. But there is some consolation in knowing that Papa needs her to care of the tangerine tree while he’s away, and his parting gift of a book comes with a promise: he’ll be home again by the time she’s able [...]

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

Parade of Shadows

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In 1907, sixteen-year-old Julia Hamilton, happy to accompany her diplomat father on a tour of the Ottoman-controlled cities of Istambul, Damascus, Palmyra, and Aleppo, soon finds the journey increasingly hazardous as she begins to uncover her father’s true mission and the secret motivations of the other travelers in their group.

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

Prince William, Maximilian Minsky, and Me

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Nelly Sue Edelmeister knows exactly who she is: a skinny, brainy thirteen-year-old Berlin schoolgirl. But that’s before she develops a hopeless crush on a certain British royal. And it’s definitely before she meets the oddly attractive Maximilian Minsky, her last hope for making the basketball team before it heads off to England and she is [...]

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