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Material appropriate for young adults

Winter Door

When her own world and Valley are threatened with an endless winter, Rage and her friends seek to stop the powerful Stormlord from using the despair of others to create the bleak weather.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Parties and celebrations
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, OceaniaAustralia, Fantasy, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The War Of Jenkins’ Ear

Toby Jenkins’ friendship with an unusual new boy who claims to be Jesus makes life at boarding school somewhat more tolerable, even when conflict arises between the students and the boys from town.

Published: 1995,
Tags: Seasons
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Road Of The Dead

Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

Published: 2004,
Tags: World War I
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Weight Of The Sky

A sixteen-year-old girl travels to Israel to spend the summer on a kibbutz and discovers who she is and what she wants out of life.

Published: 2006,
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IsraelAsia, Fiction, Israel, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Daniel Half Human: And The Good Nazi

Young Daniel Kraushaar and his friends dream of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany, but when Daniel learns his mother is Jewish his connections to the Nazis will have fateful consequences.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Art and artists, Children
Categories: EuropeEurope, GermanyEurope, Germany, Historical FictionEurope, Germany, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Riddle

The further translation of a manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah which chronicles the experiences of 16-year-old Maerad, a gifted Bard, as she seeks the answer to the Riddle of the Treesong and continues to battle the Dark forces.

Published: ,
Tags: Puzzles, Self confidence, Self reliance
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, OceaniaAustralia, Fantasy, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Teenage Refugees From Mexico Speak Out

Six teenagers tell about their experiences in immigrating to the United States for the opportunities which elude them in Mexico because of its political and economic instability.

Published: 1997,
Tags: Adventures
Categories: AmericasAmericas, MexicoAmericas, Mexico, NonfictionAmericas, Mexico, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Gideon The Cutpurse : Being The First Part Of The Gideon Trilogy

Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.

Published: ,
Tags: Fathers and sons, Robbers and outlaws
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

China Under Communism

This history of modern China covers the origins, founding, and development of the country’s Communist regime and examines the forces that are pushing the country–nuclear power and the home of a fifth of the world’s population–toward change.

Published: 1994,
Tags: Adolescence, Depression and mental illness, Siblings
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, NonfictionAsia, China, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Tale Of The Unknown Island

A moving and eloquent fable from the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature offers a unique blend of love and philosophy as a man petitions a boat from the king, finds a crew to volunteer, and sets sail to find an unknown island.

Published: 1999,
Tags: Catholicism, Religious figures
Categories: EuropeEurope, NonfictionEurope, Nonfiction, PortugalEurope, Nonfiction, Portugal, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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