Theme: Foster children

Porcupine

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

War-torn Afghanistan could not seem farther from Newfoundland, but it is about to change twelve-year-old tomboy Jack Cooper (or Jacqueline, as her mother insists on calling her) forever. When her father is killed in the war, she watches helplessly as her mother crumbles under sorrow and depression. Jack and her younger sister and brother, Tessa [...]

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

The Ruby In The Smoke

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

Sally Lockhart takes a terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father’s death.

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Olbalbal: A Day In Maasailand

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

A photographic study of life on the plains of Tanzania follows Kisululu, a young Maasai boy living in the village of Olbalbal, as he helps out with family chores, plays games with his friends, and learns the skills he will need as an adult.

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Wolf

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

Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter’s settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist.

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