Theme: Revolution

In Darkness

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L’Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from [...]

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Mermaid Queen

By Book Importer | Published: February 23, 2012

As a child growing up in Australia, Annette Kellerman was a frail ugly duckling who dreamed of becoming a graceful ballerina. With courage and determination, she confronted a crippling illness to become an internationally known record-setting athlete who revolutionized the sport of swimming for women, a movie star who invented water ballet, and a fashion [...]

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

The Lost Crown

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia–like the fingers on a hand, Tatiana the tallest, Anastasia the smallest, Maria the one most desperate for a ring. These are the daughters of the Tsar, the daughters of the last royal Russian family. Acclaimed author Sarah Miller writes with lyricism, criticism and true compassion as she tracks this loving [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Russia, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy named Li Cunxin was given the chance of a lifetime. Selected by Chairman Mao’s officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li’s new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li’s [...]

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The Fetch

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Calder is a Fetch, a death escort, the first of his kind to step from HeavenAfter 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his vows and enters the body of Rasputin, whose spirit causes rebellion in the Land of Lost Souls while Calder struggles to convey Ana and Alexis, orphaned in the [...]

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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 [...]

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Little Green: Growing Up During The Chinese Cultural Revolution

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This first-person memoir tells the story of Chun Yu, who was born in a small city in China, during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The streets were filled with roaming Red Guards, the walls were covered with slogans, and reeducation meetings were held in all workplaces. Every family faced danger and humiliation, even the youngest children. Shortly after [...]

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her friends and family, and while she soon carves out a place for herself among a group of fellow outsiders, she continues to struggle for a sense of [...]

Descriptors: Austria, Biography, Graphic Novel, Iran, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Red Necklace

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Clever and head-turningly attractive, fourteen-yearold Yann is an orphan who has been raised in Paris by Têtu, a dwarf with secrets he has yet to reveal to the gypsy boy. It’s the winter of 1789, and the duo have been working for a vain magician named Topolain. On the night when Topolain’s vanity brings his [...]

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Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

By auraenid | Published: December 1, 2008

Nine-year-old Ling is comfortable; her parents are both dedicated surgeons in the best hospital in Wuhan. But when Comrade Li, one of Mao’s political officers, moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust, Ling fears for the safety of her [...]

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