After his family’s horrendous escape from Vietnam and the hardships of life as a refugee, Lee struggles to adapt to life in England while secretly longing to get to America to see Chi, the girl who shared the dangers of their boat journey.
Fiction
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Silly Suzy Goose
Suzy longs to be different from all the other geese, but learns that imitating a lion may not be the best way to express her individuality.
Running On Eggs
When Karen and Yasmine become friends as well as members of a mixed Arab and Jewish track team in Israel, relatives and friends of both girls disapprove of the relationship.
Tales Of Don Quixote
A retelling of the exploits of an idealistic Spanish country gentleman and his shrewd squire who set out, as knights of old, to search for adventure, right wrongs, and punish evil.
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.
Good To Be Small
When little Mouse offers to find a lost lamb, the other sheep dismiss her. Sometimes the smallest member of the barnyard can get the biggest results, and Mouse is about to prove it.
The Night Of The Fireflies
Toshio takes his sister, Miko, through the woods to the river, where they join other children in capturing fireflies and placing them in lanterns.
Looking For Alibrandi
Life becomes complicated for spirited Josephine who lives in a traditional Old World Italian community in Sydney, Australia, when the father she has never known suddenly appears, and she begins to date an Australian who is not Italian.
On The Road
A mother and her two children load up the car and travel to the sea passing many other types of vehicles on their journey.
Priya’s Day
This is a bilingual book which tells the story of a little girl Priya and her busy day. It not only tells a story in two languages, it engages readers and listeners in a very special way to create their own very special books.