Theme: loss

You & You & You

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Anon is a twelve-year-old loner. Zarah is a beautiful seventeen-year-old caught up in a sexual relationship. Nils is a twenty-year-old college student searching for the meaning of life and death. Each character’s obsessive fantasy overwhelms their everyday lives.These three are catalysts in each others’ lives and when they finally meet, each begins to draw the [...]

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

Varmints

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Once, the only sounds to be heard were the buzzing of bees in the grass, the murmuring of moles in the earth, and the song of birds in the sky. These warmed the hearts of those who cared to listen —- until the others came to fill the sky with buildings and the air with [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

A Frost in the Night

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Joan BlosIt is Germany in 1932, and Hitler is rising to power. This critical place and time in modern history is poignantly re-created through the observations of a young Jewish girl named Eva, who is caught up in the sense of dread shared by the adults around her.

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

The Beautiful Butterfly

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

After choosing a husband for his sweet singing voice, a beautiful butterfly mourns the fact that he is swallowed by a fish, until a king in his underwear reunites the two.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed