When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning weave.
The Roses in My Carpets
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The Landing: A Night Of Birds
One stormy night at her grandfather’s place on the windswept coast, Annie enters a boathouse occupied by injured sea birds and finds herself able to understand their speech.
The Children Of Micronesia
Describes the daily life of children living in Micronesia, and discusses customs, traditions, and cultures.
Hero Of Lesser Causes
In 1946, twelve-year-old Keely is devastated when her older brother Patrick is paralyzed by polio, and she starts a campaign to reawaken his waning interest in life.
Three Songs For Courage
In 1956, 16-year-old Gordon Westley finds his summer vacation shattered by tragedy, forcing him to come face-to-face with the darkest–and the sweetest–side of human nature.
Girl From The Snow Country
Playing in the snow, Mi-chan forms small rabbits using leaves for ears and red berries from the market for eyes.
The King’s Swift Rider: A Novel On Robert The Bruce
Unwilling to fight but feeling a sense of duty, sixteen-year-old Martin joins Scotland’s rebel army as a swift rider and master of espionage for the leader, Robert the Bruce.
The Heaven Shop
Binti and her siblings struggle to survive when they are split up and sent to different parts of Malawi after their parents die of AIDS.
Ssi, Short Story International, Vol. 78
Tales by the world’s great contemporary writers, presented unabridged. Bimonthly serial publication.
First Apple
The author describes 1940s China and her quest, as a nine-year-old girl, to buy a precious apple for her grandmother’s birthday. By the author of A Day on a Shrimp Boat.