Theme: values

Face Value

Two lifetimes. Two rising stars. One common danger. As a daughter starts her rise in the glamorous London fashion scene, she begins to uncover secrets and clues about the mother she never knew — a beautiful teenage model who became a victim in the high stakes, high pressure world where international fashionistas and mobsters intersect. [...]

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

First Apple

The author describes 1940s China and her quest, as a nine-year-old girl, to buy a precious apple for her grandmother’s birthday. By the author of A Day on a Shrimp Boat.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Comments closed