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Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction genre
Almost Eden
Growing up in Mennonite community on the Canadian prairie in the late 1960s, Elsie, 12, blames herself when Mom is once again hospitalized for depression. Elsie has conversations with God, struggles to overcome guilt, and shares her honest desire to prove herself. Almost Eden is a beautiful portrait of a town, a family, and a young woman willing to challenge the things that don’t make sense to her, and to fix the things that don’t seem right.
Directed By Kaspar Snit
Fresh from their victory over the Kaspar Snit, who was last seen trying to steal the fountains of Rome in The Fortress of Kaspar Snit, the Blande family have earned a rest.
Mud Tortillas
Adriana makes tortillas replacing all the ingredients with fictitious alternatives.
Keeper
In an interview with a young journalist, World cub hero El Gato describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
Boy Kills Man
Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Colombian city.
Sold
Lakshmi is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Lakshmi’s stepfather sells her into prostitution in India. She is told that she has to stay in the prostitution until she pays off her family debt. Lakshmi forms friendships with other girls that enable her to survive in the terrifying new world.
The Killing Sea
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Achnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb on the island, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother.
Waiting for Gregory
A young girl eagerly awaits the birth of her baby cousin, while growing more and more confused by the way her relatives answer her questions.
Looking For Bapu
When his beloved grandfather dies, eight-year-old Anu feels that his spirit is near and will stop at nothing to bring him back, including trying to become a Hindu holy man.