Theme: justices

Medina Hill

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Name Is Gabito/Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is [...]

Descriptors: Colombia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » 3 Comments

Useful Fools

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Alonso, a dirt-poor teenager living in Peru, helps out at the public health clinic his mother, Magdalena, opened, so that he can see Rosa, the beautiful and wealthy daughter of the clinic’s doctor. Alonso and Rosa are both shattered when Magdalena is assassinated by a revolutionary terrorist organization. Left with no hope, Alonso might be [...]

Descriptors: Latin America, Peru, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment