Theme: slave

Milon and the Lion

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Young slave Milon starts his journey at home in Athens. When he sets sail on a ship bound for Italy his adventures really begin. He narrowly escapes with his life in Pompei as the great volcano Vesuvius erupts and destroys the town; he experiences the colourful life of the metropolis of Alexandria in Egypt, and [...]

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

The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan Le Fey

By Book Importer | Published: September 19, 2011

Britain, 480 AD. Saxon barbarians are invading, pushing the civilized British out of their own island. Morgan is the daughter of the governor of Cornwall. But when her father is murdered and her mother taken as the Uther Pendragon’s new wife, she has to flee to Ireland to avoid being murdered herself. But Ireland is [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Ireland, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dragon Keeper

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

An orphan slave girl becomes a Dragon Keeper when she heroically comes to the aid of an aging dragon and both go on a dangerous journey across China to protect a mysterious stone vital to the dragon’s legacy.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Garden of the Purple Dragon

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Ancient China. Han Dynasty. Ping has found peace in the shadow of the Tai Shan mountains where she struggles to rear Kai, the small purple dragon left in her care. But her past is chasing her. Who can she trust? Ping must find a place that is safe for Kai.

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Old Dog

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Perro Viejo was taken away from his mother at birth and has known no other life than that of servitude on a sugar plantation. His name, which means “Old Dog,” was given to him by the plantation master because, like the bloodhounds that chased fugitive slaves, Perro Viejo is always searching for the scent of [...]

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

Sacred Leaf: The Cocalero Novels

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

The people of Bolivia have grown coca for legitimate purposes for hundreds of years, but the demands of America’s War on Drugs now threaten this way of life. Deborah Ellis’s searing follow-up to the highly praised “I Am a Taxi” deals with this frank reality.”” After he manages to escape from virtual enslavement in an [...]

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

Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini: Who Was Captured and Sold As a Slave In Rome – Ad 107

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead her to Rome. But when her ship is boarded by pirates, that’s where she ends up — as a slave. Separated from her brother, Apollo, Iliona is soon at the whim of her owners, and the chance of regaining freedom seems like [...]

Descriptors: Egypt, Greece, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Italy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Door of No Return

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Zac Baxter’s grandfather has always told him that he’s the descendant of African kings, whose treasure was stolen when his ancestors were sold into slavery. Of course, Zac brushes this off as a tall tale — until his grandfather is murdered and their apartment is completely ransacked. Clearly somebody is after something. Heeding his grandfather’s [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Fiction, Ghana, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Hush: An Irish Princess’ Tale

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Melkorka is a princess, the first daughter of a magnificent kingdom in mediæval Ireland, but all of this is lost the day she is kidnapped and taken aboard a marauding slave ship. Thrown into a world that she has never known, alongside people that her former country’s laws regarded as less than human, Melkorka is [...]

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

The Castaways

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Tom Tin and his four convict companions are only too glad when they come upon a deserted ship. The boys clamber aboard, not knowing whether they’ve been saved or set on a course toward doom. But after rescuing two men stranded on a melting iceberg, Tom begins to suspect that these unsavory sailors are dangerous [...]

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