Theme: Politics

The Coven’s Daughter

By Book Importer | Published: May 12, 2011

It’s Spring again in the village of Montacute, and people want nothing more than to celebrate the season with maypole dances, festivals, and visits from the nobility.  The festivities are dampened, though, when a young boy turns up dead outside the village. Then they learn that three other boys have also disappeared lately. To the [...]

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Gulliver’s Adventures in Lilliput

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

An Englishman is shipwrecked in a land where the people are only six inches tall.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, offers a glimpse into the mind of a great leader, admired across the globe for his dedication to the struggles against apartheid in South Africa. Now the youngest readers can discover the remarkable story of Mandela’s long walk from ordinary village boy, to his dynamic leadership of the [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Biography, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), South Africa » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Leaving Glorytown: One Boy’s Struggle Under Castro

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Eduardo F. Calcines was a child of Fidel Castro’s Cuba; he was just three years old when Castro came to power in January 1959. After that, everything changed for his family and his country. When he was ten, his family applied for an exit visa to emigrate to America and he was ridiculed by his [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » 8 Comments

Homeland: The Illustrated History Of The State Of Israel

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Gold Medal Non-fiction Young Adult Moonbeam Book Award winner Depicting the history of Israel from biblical Abraham to the present, this sophisticated, four-color graphic adaptation is academically grounded, guiding readers through highlights both in historical detail and from Israel’s world view. History, religion, politics, and the current Middle East situation are all given comprehensive coverage in [...]

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Colibri

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

Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.

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From Charlie’s Point Of View

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

Best friends Bernadette and Charlie begin seventh grade and help unravel the mysterious case of the Stocking Bandit.

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She Dared: True Stories Of Heroines, Scoundrels, And Renegades

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

Delves into the lives of twelve women who took up challenges that society felt could be met only by men, from a Civil War spy and World War II fighter pilot to a Wild West desperado and Yukon adventurer.

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