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Superteam

The new soccer season is here, and Harvey has spent his entire life savings on a pair of Armadillo Aces– the best cleats money can buy! Everything seems great until Professor Gertie accidentally destroys the cleats while testing her newest invention

Published: 2004,
Tags: Rainforests
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

Little Pear And His Friends

Six-year-old Little Pear has many adventures with Big Head and his other friends in his village in China.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Adventure, Friendship, Villages
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, FictionAsia, China, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Flour Babies

When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own ‘babies’ in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Babysitters, Pirates
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Naming Maya

When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather’s house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents’ divorce and learns more about herself and her relationship with her mother.

See the review at WOW Review, Volume 4, Issue 1

Published: 2004,
Tags: African Americans, Indentured servants
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IndiaAsia, Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Fisherman And The Goldfish

A fisherman returns a magic goldfish to the ocean so is granted a wish, but his greedy wife makes him ask for better things several times until they are back to the poor state they began with.

Published: 1973,
Tags: Alphabet, Geography
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia

The Whispering Road

In Victorian England, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Grandfathers, Intergenerational relations
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Montmorency on the Rocks: Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer?

In Victorian London, when Montmorency and his alter ego, Scarper, reunite with Dr. Farcett, the two cooperate to capture a bomber and become involved in solving the mystery of the poisoning of a village of Scottish children.

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

The Year Of The Panda

A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda, and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered, and what the government is doing to save them.

Published: 1990,
Tags: Natural disasters
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, FictionAsia, China, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Beduin’s Gazelle

In 1302, two cousins of the nomadic Beni Khalid tribe who are betrothed become separated by political intrigue between warring tribes. Sequel to The Ramsay Scallop.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Description and travel, Social life and customs
Categories: AfricaAfrica, FictionAfrica, Fiction, MoroccoAfrica, Fiction, Morocco, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Muti’s Necklace: The Oldest Story in the World

Muti treasures the necklace her father gave her so much that she risks the wrath of Egypt’s pharaoh when it falls into the water. Based on an ancient Egyptian story.

Published: 2006,
Tags: clothing
Categories: EgyptEgypt, FictionEgypt, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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