Theme: Identity

Crouching Tiger

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

A Chinese-American boy gains a new understanding of his Chinese grandfather in this celebratory story of family, martial arts, and the Chinese New Year.Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practices tai chi in the garden, Vinson asks to learn, hoping it will be like kung fu, [...]

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

Nowhere Girl

By Book Importer | Published: December 5, 2011

Luchi Ann only knows a few things about herself: she was born in a prison in Thailand. Her American mother was an inmate there. And now that her mother has died, Luchi must leave the only place she’s ever known and set out into the world. Neither at home as a Thai, because of her [...]

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

Less Than Half, More Than Whole

By Book Importer | Published: October 13, 2011

A child who is only part Native American is troubled by his mixed racial heritage.
 

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

Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

When a vicious beast invades his father’s farm and sixteen-year-old Drew suddenly transforms into a werewolf, he runs away from his family, seeking refuge in the most out of the way parts of Lyssia, only to be captured by Lord Bergan’s men and forced to battle numerous werecreatures while trying to prove that he is [...]

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

Dogtag Summer

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Twelve-year-old Tracy–or Tuyet–has always felt different. The villagers in Vietnam called her con-lai, or “half-breed,” because her father was an American GI. And she doesn’t fit in with her adoptive family in California, either. But when Tracy and a friend discover a soldier’s dogtag hidden among her father’s things, it sets her past and her [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Viet Nam » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Unknown Spy

By Book Importer | Published: September 19, 2011

Danny Caulfield’s quiet Christmas break from Wilsons Academy, the school for spies, is shattered by gunshots and a heartrending discovery about his parents, and he is called back to Wilsons to prepare to go undercover to protect the Treaty Stone that keeps peace between the Upper and Lower Worlds.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Northern Ireland (UK) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

The Dagger Quick

By Book Importer | Published: September 19, 2011

A stirring tale of rousing old-fashioned adventure, THE DAGGER QUICK is the story of twelve-year-old Christopher, a boy with a clubfoot seemingly doomed to follow in the boring footsteps of his father as a cooper in 17th century England. That is, until he meets his uncle- William Quick, infamous pirate, and the only man ever [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Right Behind You

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

When he was nine, Kip set another child on fire. Now, after years in a juvenile ward, he is ready for a fresh start. But the ghosts of his past soon demand justice, and he must reveal his painful secret. How can Kip tell anyone that he really is–or was–a murderer?

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , » 2 Comments

Call Me Maria

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Fifteen-year-old Mara leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, feeling torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised.

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

Nips Xi

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

If white boys can’t jump, can Asian boys play cricket? And if they can why aren’t there any in the district cricket team? Vietnamese born Tran is fed up with being called a nip, sick of being on the sidelines so he and Izram decide to establish their own cricket team, and after a series [...]

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