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Dragonwings

Published: 1975, HarperCollins
Tags: Dream, Fathers, Poverty
Categories: ChinaChina, Historical FictionChina, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), United States

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Anne Frank: Life In Hiding

Published: 1993, HarperTrophy
Tags: Diary, Holocaust, Jews
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Netherlands

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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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A Parcel of Patterns (Plus)

Published: 1988, Puffin Books
Tags: Death, heroism, Medieval England, plague, romance, suffering
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), Historical FictionEngland (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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Leaving Glorytown: One Boy’s Struggle Under Castro

Published: 2009, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Tags: Family, immigration, oppression, Politics, Poverty, power
Categories: CaribbeanCaribbean, CubaCaribbean, Cuba, NonfictionCaribbean, Cuba, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Published: 2007, Little, Brown Young Readers
Tags: bullies, Identity, Indigenous, resilience
Categories: AmericasAmericas, North AmericaAmericas, North America, Realistic FictionAmericas, North America, Realistic Fiction, SouthwestAmericas, North America, Realistic Fiction, Southwest, United StatesAmericas, North America, Realistic Fiction, Southwest, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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The Secret Of Priest’s Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story (Holocaust)

Published: 2007, Kar-Ben Publishing
Tags: Caves, Holocaust, Holocaust survivors, Jewish, Legend
Categories: EuropeEurope, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), NonfictionEurope, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Ukraine

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Little Mouse’s Big Book Of Fears

Published: 2008, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Tags: emotions and feelings, fears, Mice, New experiences, Overcoming fears
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), Picture BookEngland (UK), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Wolf Brother

Published: 2005, HarperCollins
Tags: Adventures, Evil, Human-animal relationships, Journey, Orphans
Categories: FantasyFantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nordic

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Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti

Published: 1991, HarperTeen
Tags: action, dictators, Poverty, Revolution
Categories: CaribbeanCaribbean, HaitiCaribbean, Haiti, Realistic FictionCaribbean, Haiti, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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