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Author: Kathy G. Short

Kathy G. Short

La La Rose

La La Rose, a young girl’s stuffed rabbit, gets lost in Luxembourg Gardens.

Published: 2004, Philomel Books
Tags: lost and found possession, Paris, park, Rabbit, stuffed animal, toy
Categories: EuropeEurope, FranceEurope, France, Picture BookEurope, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction

Copper

Pursued by enemies of the family she never knew she had, ten-year-old Copper Beach flees to Spindle House and decides to uncover the truth about a feud between the Stone and Wood clans that sent her into exile six years earlier.

Published: 2002,
Tags: Fear, Grandmothers, Intergenerational relations
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Tersias The Oracle

Jonah, a young thief, and his friends and Tersias, a twelve-year-old boy who channels prophesies, become embroiled in the machinations of a magician, a politician, and a false prophet, as well as in the magic of a strange alabaster box.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Grandfathers
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Princess Smartypants Rules

Princess Smartypants discovers that it is easier to capture evildoers and rule the kingdom of Totaloonia than to control one small baby.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Shoes
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Whispering Road

In Victorian England, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Grandfathers, Intergenerational relations
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Drita, My Homegirl

When Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well but eventually forms a friendship with Maxie, who is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita.

Published: 2006,
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Serbia and Montenegro

The 7 Professors Of The Far North

Eleven-year-old Sam and his new friends, brother and sister Ben and Zara, set off for the Arctic to try and rescue the siblings’ great-uncle and five other professors from the mad scientist holding them prisoner.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Orphans, Romanies
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Princess Smartypants

Not wishing to marry any of her royal suitors, Princess Smartypants devises difficult tasks at which they all fail, until the multi-talented Prince Swashbuckle appears.

Published: 1986,
Tags: Immigrants, Jewish-Arab relations
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Ruins Of Gorlan

When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Loyalty
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

Honey, Honey–Lion!: A Story From Africa

After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Humor, lions, Self reliance
Categories: AfricaAfrica, BotswanaAfrica, Botswana, FictionAfrica, Botswana, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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