Theme: prejudice

Meena

By Book Importer | Published: May 18, 2012

The children of Fly Street fear and taunt their neighbor Meena, thinking she is a witch, but when they meet her granddaughter and taste her cherry pie, they learn the truth.

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In the Shade of the Nispero Tree

By Book Importer | Published: February 10, 2012

When her mother wants her to be part of the high society world in their native Puerto Rico, Teresa attends a private school but loses her best friend. All Teresa and her best friend and classmate Ana think about is winning the contest for the Junior Queen and Princess of their town in Ponce, Puerto [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Puerto Rico » Other Themes: , , , , , » 1 Comment

Across the Barricades

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

Kevin is Catholic. Sadie is Protestant. In Belfast they are supposed to be enemies – so what chance do they have when they fall in love? Kevin and Sadie both know their relationship is dangerous. In these terrifying times in Belfast no Catholic boy and Protestant girl go out together without resentment and even violence [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Northern Ireland (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Nips Xi

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

If white boys can’t jump, can Asian boys play cricket? And if they can why aren’t there any in the district cricket team? Vietnamese born Tran is fed up with being called a nip, sick of being on the sidelines so he and Izram decide to establish their own cricket team, and after a series [...]

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

The Twelfth Day of July

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic – and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare – kids fooling around – but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin’s life forever. But will the world around them change too?

Descriptors: Europe, Northern Ireland (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Over the Deep Blue Sea

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Prejudice linked to an event from the past threatens the friendship that Akiko and her brother have made with a boy on their new island home.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

The Hungry Coat

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

After being forced to change to a fancy new coat to attend a party, Nasrettin Hoca tries to feed his dinner to the coat, reasoning that it was the coat that was the invited guest.

Descriptors: Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Turkey » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

The City of Dragons

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2011

A boy with a face so sad that nobody wants to look at him runs away with a caravan of giants to the city of dragons, where his sorrowful face is finally appreciated.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Sacred Shadows

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

When her German hometown becomes part of Poland after World War I, Lene, a young German Jew, struggles to come to terms with the anti-Semitism and anti-German hatred that seems to be growing around her.

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

Plots and Players

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Robin, Philip, and Frances, exiled Portuguese Jews secretly practicing their faith in intolerant sixteenth-century London, fight against the poison of prejudice in trying to save the life of Queen Elizabeth’s Jewish doctor.

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Portugal » Other Themes: , , , , » Comments closed