When Luzolo goes to market with her parents, she learns that it takes a great deal of bartering to finally get what she wants.
Fiction
Fiction genre
Clay
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy’s supernatural powers.
Sing For Your Father, Su Phan
Recalls the events in a North Vietnamese village that forever changed the lives of the youngest daughter of a prosperous trader and her family.
Princess Smartypants Rules
Princess Smartypants discovers that it is easier to capture evildoers and rule the kingdom of Totaloonia than to control one small baby.
My Guardian Angel
In 11th century France, Elvina, the granddaughter of Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying and writing to activities considered proper for girls, takes a risk by helping a boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders.
Checkers
Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father’s unethical business dealings.
The Middle Of Somewhere: A Story Of South Africa
Nine-year-old Rebecca and her family, living in a South African village for black people, are threatened with forced removal to a bleak, distant development, to make room for a new suburb for whites.
The Snow Leopard
Dramatic full-color paintings by a distinguished wildlife artist accompany an informative study of one snow leopard, Sabu, who struggles to protect her young cub, Ka, from the many dangers that threaten his life.
Small Fur Is Getting Bigger
Small Fur has trouble standing up to his gruff uncle and relating to his friend Curly Fur, until an incident in the swamp convinces him of his self-reliance.
Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding
A Chinese American girl describes the festivities surrounding her uncle’s Chinese wedding and the customs behind each one.