Lakshmi is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Lakshmi’s stepfather sells her into prostitution in India. She is told that she has to stay in the prostitution until she pays off her family debt. Lakshmi forms friendships with other girls that enable her to survive in the terrifying new world.
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The Killing Sea
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Achnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb on the island, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother.
Across The Nightingale Floor: Journey To Inuyama
Lord Otori, Takeo, and Takeo’s new teacher Kenji meet Kaede who was chosen as the future Lady Otori by a group of political partners. Takeo is still trying to come to terms with knowing that he is one of the Tribe—a group of mysterious, ninja-like assassins. When Takeo and Kaede first meet, they get attracted to each other.
I Remember Bosnia
Bosnia earns independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1992. Since then the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims living there have been fighting. Life in Bosnia is described.
Waiting for Gregory
A young girl eagerly awaits the birth of her baby cousin, while growing more and more confused by the way her relatives answer her questions.
Cat and Mouse
Mother mouse and mother cat taught their children about the world but one little cat and one little mouse weren’t paying attention. The cat and the mouse become friends and their siblings join them.
The Blood Confession
Cursed at birth, the beautiful and ruthless young Erzebet Bathory becomes obsessed with achieving eternal youth and begins to bathe in the blood of virgin girls to preserve her beauty. Based on the life of the “Blood Countess,” who lived in Hungary in the 1500s.
The Story of Salt
Salt has shaped ancient civilizations, helped build empires led to major scientific developments. An unusual look at a substance, salt, has fascinated and preoccupied economies since the beginning of time is provided.
Stand Up Speak Out: A Book About Children’s Rights
A year’s work by the young members of the Peace child International network is presented. They gathered facts, interviews, opinions, stories, poems and photographs from young people all around the world. A perspective and a commentary on Convention on the Rights of the Child are offered.
We Gather Together : Celebrating the Harvest Season
The history of harvesting and the cultural diversity in autumnal equinox (around September 21) harvest traditions is portrayed in the stories.