An award-winning story by a Dutch author is set in the peasant country of Andalusia after the Spanish Civil War, when a poor youth struggles to help feed his family under the gun of the landowners.
Genre
Catalog sorted by genre
Girl Of Kosovo
Although Zana, an eleven-year-old Albanian girl, experiences the turmoil and violence of the 1999 conflict in her native Kosovo, she remembers her father’s admonition to not let her heart become filled with hate.
Shiva’s Fire
In India, Parvati, a talented dancer with supernatural powers, is invited to Madras to study with a great master and sacrifices friends and family for her art. By the Newbery Honor winning author of Shabanu.
The Fetch
After exploring a sea chest full of runes and a journal belonging to his deceased grandfather, fifteen-year-old Sky summons the old man’s ghost, who teaches him how to travel through time and space.
Dream Time: New Stories By Sixteen Award-Winning Authors
A collection of sixteen short stories, produced by asking authors recognized or awarded by the Australian Book Council to write on the theme of ‘Dream Time.’
Chibi: A True Story From Japan
When a wild duck decides to make her nesting place in the Mitsui Office Park in downtown Tokyo, a news photographer becomes the duck’s devoted protector.
Turramulli The Giant Quinkin
Two children of the Yalanji people are pursued by Turramulli, the largest and fiercest of the spirits roaming the bushland.
Willy And Max: A Holocaust Story
In Belgium during World War II, Willy becomes friends with Max and his Jewish family, and although they become separated, they remain related by a bond of friendship and a special painting.
Honey, Honey–Lion!: A Story From Africa
After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson.
Dragon Rider
Searching for the mythical Rim of Heaven, a place where dragons can be safe forever, Firedrake and Sorrel get assistance from the most unexpected source–an orphan boy named Ben–while battling against an evil dragon hunter bent on their destruction.