When Hannah finds an ivory necklace that belonged to her great-grandmother, it gives her dreams; and she knows she must make restitution to the elephants for their suffering caused by the ivory trade.
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction genre
Desert December
A South African boy makes a long journey through the desert to join his parents in a mining village, reaching them on Christmas Day and seeing his new baby sister.
Masai and I
A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would be if she had been born a Masai. Comparing her life and theirs, she learns that she has a spiritual and even physical kinship with them.
The Hunter
After being separated from her grandfather in the forest, a young African girl sees elephant poaching firsthand when she rescues a baby elephant whose mother has been killed by hunters.
The Gold-Threaded Dress
When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.
A Fiddle For Angus
Angus, living on Cape Breton Island, Canada, learns to play the violin so that he can join in with his musical family.
Chloe and the Magic Baton
A special riding baton her uncle brought her from Mexico helps Chloe get through one tough riding competition after another, but when it disappears before the championship she must place her trust in one very stubborn pony.
Adam And Eve And Pinch-Me
Fifteen-year-old Sara Moone, abandonded at birth and shunted from one foster home to another, finds that she cannot remain aloof from her latest family.
My Grandma Leonie
A child describes all the things she did with her grandmother and how she felt when her grandmother died.
Straw Sense
Goolam-Habib, a young boy who is new to a village surrounded by strawberry fields and who doesn’t speak, befriends an old man making a straw-filled doll, and soon the old man helps the boy find himself.