Theme: Magic and supernatural

The Mermaid’s Twin Sister: More Stories from Trinidad

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This sequel to “A Wave in Her Pocket” offers six stories based on Trinidad’s folklore, in a framework of contemporary island life.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Short Stories, Trinidad and Tobago » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Fox And The Wolf: Ukrainan Folk Tale

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

The fox and the wolf play tricks on one another, with neither one ultimately triumphing, until fox manages the best trick of all and fools the wolf into putting his tail into icy water and losing it.

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Primary (ages 6-9), Ukraine » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

The Blood Stone

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

In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, stopping in India to raise the ransom by selling his father’s beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan.

Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, India, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Tagged » Comments closed

Monkey For Sale

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

When Luzolo goes to market with her parents, she learns that it takes a great deal of bartering to finally get what she wants.

Descriptors: Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Comments closed

The Fetch

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

After exploring a sea chest full of runes and a journal belonging to his deceased grandfather, fifteen-year-old Sky summons the old man’s ghost, who teaches him how to travel through time and space.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Drowned Wednesday

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

Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur’s. Third in the Keys to the Kingdom series.

Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Amazing Story Of Adolphus Tips

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

When Boowie reads his grandmother’s diary, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day’s invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Tagged » Comments closed

Checkers

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

Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father’s unethical business dealings.

Descriptors: Australia, Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

19 Varieties Of Gazelle: Poems Of The Middle East

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

Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.

Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Palestine, Poetry » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

An Ancient Heritage: The Arab-American Minority

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

Discusses the cultural experience of Arab Americans and the history of Arab immigration to the United States.

Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Tagged » Comments closed