An alphabetical celebration of boys around the world, with countries, names, and character traits from A to Z.
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The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna Could Be The Toni Morrison Of Ya Fantasy.-refinery 29 The Start Of A Bold And Immersive West African-inspired, Feminist Fantasy Series For Fans Of Children Of Blood And Bone And Black Panther. In This World, Girls Are Outcasts By Blood And Warriors By Choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka Lives In Fear And Anticipation Of The Blood Ceremony That Will Determine Whether She Will Become A Member Of Her Village. Already Different From Everyone Else Because Of Her Unnatural Intuition, Deka Prays For Red Blood So She Can Finally Feel Like She Belongs. But On The Day Of The Ceremony, Her Blood Runs Gold, The Color Of Impurity-and Deka Knows She Will Face A Consequence Worse Than Death. Then A Mysterious Woman Comes To Her With A Choice: Stay In The Village And Submit To Her Fate, Or Leave To Fight For The Emperor In An Army Of Girls Just Like Her. They Are Called Alaki-near-immortals With Rare Gifts. And They Are The Only Ones Who Can Stop The Empire’s Greatest Threat. Knowing The Dangers That Lie Ahead Yet Yearning For Acceptance, Deka Decides To Leave The Only Life She’s Ever Known. But As She Journeys To The Capital To Train For The Biggest Battle Of Her Life, She Will Discover That The Great Walled City Holds Many Surprises. Nothing And No One Are Quite What They Seem To Be-not Even Deka Herself.
The Little Black Fish
The Little Black Fish may be small, but he has big questions about the world and is determined to find the answers to them. Whilst all the other fish in the pond just follow each other around, too scared to do anything different, Little Black Fish swims over the edge of the pool, into the stream towards the river and on to the sea. On his adventure Little Black Fish sees many wondrous and beautiful things, encounters danger lurking around every corner and is finally faced with his ultimate challenge.
Paati’s Rasam
Malli loved weekends with her Paati. The head massages, the hugs, the engrossing stories, and most importantly, Paati’s delicious, piping-hot rasam. But then, one day, everything changed. And Malli’s world became dark and colourless. No more warm hugs, no more rasam, no more Paati. Can Malli find a piece of her beloved grandmother to hold on to?
The Boy Who Tried To Shrink His Name
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he decides to shrink his name to the shorter, simpler Zim, but when his new friend Elly sees him for who he truly is, Zimdalamashkermishkada finds the confidence to step proudly into his long name.
The Enchanted Life Of Valentina Mejía
To save their father’s life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all–the Madremonte.
A Big Bed For Little Snow
When winter comes, Mommy makes a soft bed for Little Snow to sleep on, but each night he cannot resist jumping on the bed, causing tiny feathers to fly down.
Adam And His Tuba
Wherever Adam Von Trapeze’s family circus performs they inspire audiences with their breathtaking feats. Grandma Antonia breathes fire, Uncle Artem builds dizzying human pyramids, and Papa Alexei and Mama Anastasia dance blindfolded on the tightrope. Only Adam, the youngest of the family, doesn’t show an interest in circus tricks and loud applause. The family is concerned. Where did they go wrong? But one day they are enchanted by the sound of a tuba. And from that day forward, the famous Von Trapeze family circus features a new performer—the one they never expected to be part of the family tradition. And he was a star.
Akpa’s Journey
After thick-billed murre Akpa emerges from his egg, high on an Arctic cliff, he soon learns that he must embark on a long migration before he is even able to fly. Flinging himself into the icy water with his father to guide him, Akpa must swim 1,000 kilometres of his journey south before he is able to finally fly the final leg of his journey. Adult male murres are also unable to fly during this time of the year, due to their changing feathers, so father and son must navigate south on the choppy ocean waves, meeting new and unfamiliar creatures along the way.
9 Kilometers (Stories From Latin America)
As a young boy walks nine kilometers to school, he travels through the mountain and rain forest landscapes of southern Chile.