Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the older man to whom she was pledged against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family’s blood feud and the malice of his other wives. Sequel to Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind.
Author: Kathy G. Short
The Broken Bridge
Over the course of a summer in Wales, 16-year-old Ginny, the artist daughter of an English father and a Haitian mother, learns that she has a half-brother from her father’s earlier marriage, and that her own mother may still be alive.
Jafta: The Homecoming
A young black South African boy describes his feelings about his father’s return from working in the city.
The Subtle Knife
As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.
In Rosa’s Mexico
In separate encounters with a rooster, a burro, and a wolf, a young Mexican girl is able to magically make things better. Each story uses some Spanish words, which are listed in a glossary.
The Gift Stone
Jean, who lives underground in an Australian opal mining town, finds a precious stone large enough to allow her to move into a proper house with her grandparents.
Basket Weaver And Catches Many Mice
A little grey cat saves the day when Basket Weaver is ordered into a competition to make the perfect basket for the emperor’s newborn daughter.
Rice Without Rain
After social rebels convince the headman of a small village in northern Thailand to resist the land rent, his seventeen-year-old daughter Jinda finds herself caught up in the student uprising in Bangkok.
Isa’s Avocado Tree
Isa plants an avocado and enjoys taking care of her little tree until a typhoon comes and blows it down. As life slowly returns to normal after the storm, Isa is comforted by new life all around her–and a new avocado seed.
The Foundling Fox
An orphan fox is fed and protected by a reluctant vixen, who finds in the end that she loves him as much as her own three kits.