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Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
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Darkness Be My Friend

Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand after an enemy invasion of their homeland, Ellie and her friends return to Australia as guides for soldiers who plan an attack on the airfield. Fourth in the Tomorrow series.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Death, Nazis, World War II
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, OceaniaAustralia, Oceania, Realistic FictionAustralia, Oceania, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

All The Way To Lhasa: A Tale From Tibet

A boy and his yak persevere along the difficult way to the holy city of Lhasa and succeed where others fail. Based on a story told to the author by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche.

Published: 2002,
Tags: Fishing, Grandfathers
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9)Asia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Primary (ages 6-9), Tibet

Princess Smartypants

Not wishing to marry any of her royal suitors, Princess Smartypants devises difficult tasks at which they all fail, until the multi-talented Prince Swashbuckle appears.

Published: 1986,
Tags: Immigrants, Jewish-Arab relations
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Shadow Life: A Portrait Of Anne Frank And Her Family

Through the perspective of Margot Frank, this novel follows Anne Frank.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Holocaust survivors, Jews, Personal narrative, World War II
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, EuropeBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, NetherlandsBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Netherlands, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Holocaust, Jews, Personal narrative, World War II
Categories: AfricaAfrica, EgyptAfrica, Egypt, FantasyAfrica, Egypt, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Cats In Krasinski Square

Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Diaries, School and teachers
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poland

Trubloff: The Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika

A mouse who runs away with gypsies to learn to play the balalaika returns home just in time to save his family.

Published: 1965, Crown Publishers
Tags: mouse, Music, Rescues
Categories: EuropeEurope, FantasyEurope, Fantasy, Picture BookEurope, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia

From Charlie’s Point Of View

Best friends Bernadette and Charlie begin seventh grade and help unravel the mysterious case of the Stocking Bandit.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Economic conditions, Politics, Social conditions
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Americas, Canada, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery and Thriller

A Girl Named Disaster

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Gardens and gardeners, Rabbits, Toys
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Africa, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mozambique

The Eternal Spring Of Mr. Ito

The fate of a 200-year-old bonsai tree is decided by a young girl and an old Japanese Canadian gardener who resists being imprisoned in an internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sequel to ‘All the Children Were Sent Away.’

Published: 1985,
Tags: Soldiers and the military, War and conflict
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Historical FictionAmericas, Canada, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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