Lee has always yearned for adventure, but when his own family dicide to escape from Vietnam with 40 people crammed tightly in a rickety fishing boat, he’s not so sure.
Asia
Materials from Asia
Doctor on an Elephant
Riding elephants, crossing flooded rivers, outrunning rogues, and avoiding tigers are not the things that most doctors face in an average workday, but then they don’t work in the province of Bengal. Dr. John Symington did. As the doctor for several tea plantations in a region along India’s northeastern border in the early part of this century, and adventure was simply part of his day.
Mud City
This final book in the trilogy begun in The Breadwinner and Parvana’s Journey paints a devastating portrait of life in refugee camps and shows the resourcefulness of children who endure great suffering there.
Children Of Vietnam
Introduces the history, geography, and culture of Vietnam through the daily lives of children who live there.
Hanuman To The Rescue (Vol. 513)
The timeless story of the monkey-god Hanuman, a valiant superhero who has the mystic ability to shrink, expand, and leap great distances, who is compelled to rescue Sita, the kidnapped wife of Rama, from the clutches of Ravana.
Adventures Of Shambu (Vol. 254)
Shikari Shambu is a bumbling animal hunter who relies on sheer luck and coincidence to catch dangerous creatures, yet manages to convince the rest of the world of his great skill and valor.
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.
Thura’s Diary: My Life In Wartime Iraq
Nineteen-year-old Thura al-Windawi traces the days leading up to the bombings in Iraq, the war, and the chaos that followed, describing her life and the reality of war for Iraqi families.
Jojofu
A young man is saved from death three times by the keen senses of his faithful hunting dog. Based on an old Japanese tale.
The Second Step
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.