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Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Material appropriate for intermediate age groups

Soccer Camp

After winning the league championship, they’re off to play the best of the best for the Camp Cup. There’s just one small problem– if anyone finds out that Mark 1 is a robot, The Team will be sent home!

Published: 2004,
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

The Elephant-Headed God And Other Hindu Tales

A collection of Hindu myths featuring gods and goddesses, kings and queens, heroes and beggars, angelic beings and demons.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Gardens and gardeners, Orphans
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IndiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Jojofu

A young man is saved from death three times by the keen senses of his faithful hunting dog. Based on an old Japanese tale.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Dog, faithfulness, hunting, Rescues
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), JapanAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Primary (ages 6-9)

Adventures Of Shambu (Vol. 254)

Shikari Shambu is a bumbling animal hunter who relies on sheer luck and coincidence to catch dangerous creatures, yet manages to convince the rest of the world of his great skill and valor.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Chickens
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IndiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Naming Maya

When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather’s house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents’ divorce and learns more about herself and her relationship with her mother.

See the review at WOW Review, Volume 4, Issue 1

Published: 2004,
Tags: African Americans, Indentured servants
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IndiaAsia, Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Eric In The Land Of The Insects

Nine-year-old Eric enters a landscape painting on his bedroom wall and discovers a world of meadow insects startlingly similar to his own.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Chinese Americans
Categories: EuropeEurope, FantasyEurope, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands

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

Drowned Wednesday

Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur’s. Third in the Keys to the Kingdom series.

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

The Normans

Describes the history, government, family life, religion, and other customs of the Normans.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Immigrants
Categories: EuropeEurope, FranceEurope, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction

Daniel’s Story

Daniel and his family and friends suffer through deportation by the Nazis from their homes in Frankfurt, their life in a ghetto, and their experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Humor
Categories: EuropeEurope, GermanyEurope, Germany, Historical FictionEurope, Germany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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