Theme: island

In the Shade of the Nispero Tree

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2012

When her mother wants her to be part of the high society world in their native Puerto Rico, Teresa attends a private school but loses her best friend. All Teresa and her best friend and classmate Ana think about is winning the contest for the Junior Queen and Princess of their town in Ponce, Puerto [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Puerto Rico » Other Themes: , , , , , » 1 Comment

Kung Fooey

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

Fourth-grader Cal learns a lot about teasing and standing up for others when a weird new student joins his class, while Stella, the tenth-grader who lives with Cal’s family to help his mother, practices for her driving test.

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Island’s End

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

From the acclaimed author of Climbing the Stairs comes a fascinating story set on a remote island untouched by time. Uido is ecstatic about becoming her tribe’s spiritual leader, but her new position brings her older brother’s jealousy and her best friend’s mistrust. And looming above these troubles are the recent visits of strangers from [...]

Descriptors: Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , » 1 Comment

Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (Maybe)

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Beverly, who is bossy and a bit of a snob, convinces her cautious friend Elizabeth to accompany her on an adventure to the island off the coast. Gerard, Beverly’s messy brother who is barely tolerated by the girls, insists on going with them and brings his cat. Things begin to look up when at the [...]

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Heart of a Samurai

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

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

Nights of the Pufflings

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

On a tiny island off the coast of Iceland, Halla and her friends wait with anticipation. Every spring, millions of puffins, the clowns of the sea, return to nest, lay eggs, and raise their chicks to pufflings. That means Halla and her friends will be busy in August when the pufflings venture out at night [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Iceland, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Days of the Ducklings

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

On a small island off the coast of Iceland, Drífa has the task of hatching and raising over two hundred peeping wild eider ducklings. Her goal, for which she is supported by a license granted by the Ministry of the Environment, is to raise the ducklings to reestablish a colony of common eiders here. If [...]

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Over the Deep Blue Sea

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Prejudice linked to an event from the past threatens the friendship that Akiko and her brother have made with a boy on their new island home.

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Running the Road To ABC

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2011

Six island children are running at daybreak — over the hills, through the fields, across the city square — to school! Never before has the love of learning (and learning together) been such a joyous time. Denise Lauture’s buoyant, poetic text captures the happiness and youth of energetic children on the way to school; Reynold [...]

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

The Goatherd and the Shepherdess

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

On an ancient Greek island, an abandoned boy and girl were raised by two old farm couples. Daphnis peacefully tended his goats, and Chloe quietly cared for her sheep–until romance, pirates and destiny all intervened.

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