Theme: journalist

A Hand Full of Stars

A teenager who wants to be a journalist in a suppressed society describes to his diary his daily life in his hometown of Damascus, Syria.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Syria, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Other Side Of Truth

Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother’s murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of what may have happened to their journalist father back home.

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