A biography of Su Dongpo, Chinese poet, civil engineer and statesman, whose appreciation for nature and justice were evident in his works and led him to experience both triumph and adversity in 11th century China.
Intermediate (ages 9-14)
Material appropriate for intermediate age groups
When Heaven Fell
When her grandmother reveals that the daughter that she had given up for adoption is coming from America to visit her Vietnamese family, nine-year-old Binh is convinced that her newly discovered aunt is wealthy and will take care of all the family’s needs.
Halmoni’s Day
Jennifer, a Korean American, is worried that her grandmother, visiting from Korea, will embarrass her on her school’s Grandparents’ Day, but the event brings her understanding and acceptance.
Year Of Impossible Goodbyes
In 1945, 10-year-old Sookan’s homeland of North Korea is occupied by the Japanese. Sookan watches her people–forced to renounce their native ways–become increasingly angry and humiliated. When war’s end brings only a new type of domination–from the Russian communists.
Sergio And The Hurricane
A young boy is excited when he ears that a hurricane is coming to his oceanfront home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but when it comes, he learns how dangerous hurricanes can be.
Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda
In this story told mainly with words that begin with the letters “a,” “b,” and “d,” Bashful Bob, abandoned and raised by dogs, meets Doleful Dorinda, who deals with dirty dishes, and the two become fast friends and eventually heroes.
Invisible Ink
Olivier, 12-year-old boy, is helping his very odd step-step-stepgramma with her yard sale. When some mysterious customers show up, along with a troublesome wind, Olivier flees the scene, ends up in the Dark Woods. Olivier meets strange creatures in the woods.
Fireflies In The Dark
The story of Friedl Dicker-Brandies and the children of Terezin covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslavakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.
Child Of The Warsaw Ghetto
A story of the Warsaw Ghetto told through the eyes of Froim Baum who was born in Warsaw on April 15, 1936 and managed to survive until he was liberated at Dachau at the end of the war.
Surviving Hitler
Caught up in Hitler’s Final Solution to annihilate Europe’s Jews, 15-year-old Jack is torn from his family and thrown into the nightmarish world of the concentration camps. Jack forges friendships with other prisoners, and together they struggle to make it one more days.