Theme: Grandmother

Carpe Diem

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

16-year-old overachiever Vassar Spore, daughter of overachiever parents, who in true overachiever fashion named her after an elite women’s college. Vassar expects her sophomore summer to include AP and AAP (Advanced Advanced Placement) classes. Enter a world-traveling relative who sends her plans into a tailspin when she blackmails Vassar’s parents into forcing their only child [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Emily is a Jewish girl from the suburbs of New York, end of story. Her mother has family in Puerto Rico, but Emily has never had any contact with them–not until she’s forced to go to the Caribbean for her grandmother’s funeral. Pampered Emily wants nothing to do with her Puerto Rican heritage– until a [...]

Descriptors: Puerto Rico, Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » 1 Comment

Roots and Wings

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

GRACE’S GRANDMOTHER HAS died, and she and her mother must travel back to the Cambodian community to give her a proper Cambodian funeral. But Grace wants to use the trip to solve a few mysteries, like who her father was, why her mother and grandmother moved from St. Petersburg to Pennsylvania, where they’re the only [...]

Descriptors: Cambodia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Secret Letters from 0 to 10

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Ernest Morlaisse leads an unadventurous life. He comes home every day and eats the same snack and sits down to his homework. Enter Victoria de Montardent, the new girl in class. When Victoria sees Ernest it’s love at first sight. And she makes her declaration to everyone: ” I love Ernest. . . . We’re [...]

Descriptors: Europe, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Foxspell

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Todd is living a very troubled life, which causes him to be involved with a gang and do poorly at school, but after he buries a dead fox, a fox-spirit offers him the chance to become a fox himself and Todd must decide what is the best thing for him to do in his situation.

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

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When Granny asks Pretty Salma to go to the market one day, she warns her not to talk to strangers. But cunning Mr. Dog tricks Salma, and before she knows it, he’s wearing her stripy ntama, her pretty white beads, and her yellow sandals. And he’s on his way to Granny’s house! African culture and [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Folklore, Ghana, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The White Giraffe

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When Martine’s home in England burns down, killing her parents, she must go to South Africa to live on a wildlife game preserve, called Sawubona, with the grandmother she didn’t know she had. Almost as soon as she arrives, Martine hears stories about a white giraffe living in the preserve. But her grandmother and others [...]

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

Once upon a Full Moon

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Elizabeth Quan’s father had made a success in the New World, but he longed for his home in China. So in the early 1920’s, he and his family set out on an arduous trip to the far side of the world. By train, ship, ferry, cart, and on foot, Elizabeth, her parents, and her brothers [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Canada, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Grandmother’s Tale

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 20, 2007

Every week, Nazan and her particular grandmother go to the market very Friday. Nazan loves shopping with Grandmother, because she tells such good stories while they shop. Waiting in the queue, Grandmother remembers her childhood in Turkey and Nazan watches the vegetables come to life. English and Urdu bilingual book

Descriptors: Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Turkey » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed

My Grandma Leonie

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

A child describes all the things she did with her grandmother and how she felt when her grandmother died.

Descriptors: Europe, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed