Theme: oppressions

Stones for My Father

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

The Boer War was disastrous for the British: 22,000 of them died. Close to 7,000 Boers died. Nobody knows how many Africans lost their lives, but the number is estimated to be around 20,000. This tragic, and little remembered, chapter in history is the backdrop for Trilby Kent’s powerful novel.Corlie Roux’s father has always told [...]

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

Imagining Isabel: 9

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

The sequel to Among the Volcanoes portrays the intellectual and political transformation of a young Mayan woman who leaves her Guatemalan village to attend a special program for teachers.

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

Ransom for a River Dolphin

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Finding a seriously hurt dolphin in the Amazon near her small Colombian village and suspecting her stepfather of having wounded it, Carmenza nurses it back to health and turns to the wise old Indian Omar to appease its spirit.

Descriptors: Colombia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Behind the Mountains

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Haiti, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments

Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Every Life Makes a Story Djo has a story: Once he was one of “Titid’s boys,” a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive, the victim of a political firebombing. Jeremie has a story: Convent-educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Haiti, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » 2 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