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Taking Wing

With his father in the Army Air Corps and his mother diagnosed with tuberculosis, thirteen-year-old Gus sets out to incubate a nest of orphaned duck eggs on his grandparents’ farm in Vermont.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Clothing and dress, Dance
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Americas, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), United States

Spring-Heeled Jack

Three children make their escape from a London orphanage and after a series of misadventures are reunited with their father through the efforts of the legendary Spring-Heeled Jack.

Published: 1991,
Tags: Stories
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Folklore and Fairy TalesEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Little Oh

A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother.

Published: 1997,
Tags: Apartheid, Childhood, Race relations
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, JapanAsia, Fiction, Japan, Primary (ages 6-9)

Sign Of The Raven

In the basement of his grandmother’s home in London where his mother is recuperating from cancer, twelve-year-old Tom discovers a path to the past where, in the year 1717, a ‘fairy child’ and her friends desperately need his help.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Mental illness, Poverty, World War I
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Other Side of Truth

Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother’s murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of what may have happened to their journalist father back home.

Published: 2002, HarperCollins Publishers
Tags: conspiracy, Murder
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Africa, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nigeria

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Whatever

Billy, unimpressed with everything his father does with him, always responds ‘whatever,’ until the world’s ‘hungriest’ tiger comes along and gets his attention.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Friendship, Loneliness
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Snow in Jerusalem

Although they live in different quarters of Jerusalem, a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy are surprised to discover they have been caring for the same stray cat.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims
Categories: FictionFiction, IsraelFiction, Israel, Primary (ages 6-9)

Hanna’s Cold Winter

A child tells how her family and other people in Budapest help save the famous hippopotamuses in their city’s zoo from starving one difficult winter during World War II. Based on a true story.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Orphans
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, HungaryEurope, Fiction, Hungary, Picture BookEurope, Fiction, Hungary, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Travels Of Ms. Beaver

One day, Ms. Beaver sets off to visit the big city of Toronto, where she decides to build a dam in a city park and creates a new lake! Although some citizens protest, eventually Ms. Beaver and the newly created lake are allowed to remain.

Published: 1973,
Tags: Buddhism
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, FictionAmericas, Canada, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Click!

A polar bear cub and a young photographer wander away from the safety of their mothers and have parallel adventures, eventually meeting face to face.

Published: 2003,
Tags: Adventures, Noses
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, FictionAmericas, Canada, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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