Theme: future

Me in the Middle

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2011

When ten-year-old Bel finds a photograph of her great-grandmother Beatrice, or Bisa Bea, she convinces her mother to let her borrow it. When the picture inexplicably vanishes, Bisa Bea’s voice suddenly emerges inside Bel, telling stories of the old days and counseling her on proper behavior by young girls. Then another voice emerges that tells [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Brazil, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

My School in the Rain Forest: How Children Attend School around the World

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Ruurs set out to discover the many different, and sometimes unusual, ways that children around the world attend school. In this essay, readers get to know students who are pursuing their dreams of a brighter future, and of teachers who are devoted to improving people’s lives.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister — the children of Zimbabwe’s chief of security — have escaped from their father’s estate to explore the dangerous city of Harare.
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm was a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Children’s [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Myth, Young Adult (ages 14-18), Zimbabwe » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The House Of The Scorpion

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The House of the Scorpion By Nancy Farmer is about Matthew who is a clone of El Patrón, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years, he has lived in a tiny cottage in the poppy fields with Celia, a kind and [...]

Descriptors: Latin America, Mexico, Science Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment