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Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes

Published: 2005, Houghton Mifflin
Tags: Animals, conservation, Endangered, protection, Scientists
Categories: Intermediate (ages 9-14)Intermediate (ages 9-14), NonfictionIntermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, RwandaIntermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Rwanda, Uganda

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Rumi: Whirling Dervish

Published: 2009, Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb
Tags: Poets, Religion
Categories: AfghanistanAfghanistan, AsiaAfghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- MemoirAfghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Afghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle EastAfghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, Primary (ages 6-9)Afghanistan, Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, Primary (ages 6-9), Turkey

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Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story

Published: 1996, Greenwillow
Tags: Childhood and youth, Concentration camps, Courage, Hardship, Holocaust, Hope, Jew, Nazi, refugee, Survival, World War II
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, GermanyBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands

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Martyn Pig

Published: 2002, The Chicken House
Tags: alcoholism, Crime, Death, Family problem, Friendship
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14)England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction

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Twist of Gold

Published: 1993, Viking Juvenile
Tags: Emmigrants and immigrants, famine, Siblings, Voyages and travels
Categories: EuropeEurope, Historical FictionEurope, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland

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Dangerous Games

Published: 1999, Delacorte Press
Tags: Adventure, game, island, Sailing
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), FantasyEngland (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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Permanent Rose

Published: 2005, Margaret K. McElderry
Tags: Brother and sister, Family life, father, Friendship, Self confidence
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14)England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction

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The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather’s Story

Published: 2007, Sleeping Bear Press
Tags: ceremony, Death, Tsunami
Categories: HawaiiHawaii, Historical FictionHawaii, Historical Fiction, OceaniaHawaii, Historical Fiction, Oceania, Picture BookHawaii, Historical Fiction, Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree

Published: 1996, Sierra Club Books for Children
Tags: Community, Trees
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, IndiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, India, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Song of Be

Published: 1993, Henry Holth & Co (J)
Tags: desert, Love, political situation
Categories: AfricaAfrica, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Africa, Intermediate (ages 9-14), NamibiaAfrica, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Namibia, Realistic Fiction

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