Presents an illustrated biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.
Intermediate (ages 9-14)
Material appropriate for intermediate age groups
The Soccer Machine
Harvey’s team always loses, but Professor Gertie, Harvey’s neighbor thinks she has the perfect solution–Mark 1, the Soccer Machine.
Dream Freedom
Examines the modern day problem of slavery in Sudan while telling the story of how a group of American students fought to get this problem known and raise funds to help free those Dinka and Nuba tribe members already captured and working there.
Moominvalley In November
Winter’s approach brings six friends together in Moominvalley where, in the Moomins’ absence, they must visit with each other.
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.
Children Of The Lamp
When 12-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
An Elephant in the Backyard
This book describes how special elephants are in the village of Tha Kleng in Thailand and looks at the life of one particular young elephant named Wan Pen.
The Journey Back
After spending three years hiding from the Nazis, a Jewish family is reunited and begins the job of rebuilding their country and family. Continues The upstairs room.
City Kids In China
A description of what life is like in the modern Chinese city of Changsha for the children who live there.
So Sings The Blue Deer
Thirteen-year-old Moon Feather is chosen to join a dangerous pilgrimage to Mexico City to pick up live white-tailed deer, to be used to reestablish the natural population on Huichol land in the mountains.