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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq

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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a hero and she is a librarian. She does not wear a superwoman costume or a powerful cape but she did a very brave...
 
 
The Mourning Wars

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The Mourning Wars
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“Eunice, you must wake up!”… “Be still, my girl, and do as I say. Our lives depend upon it. You must not make a sound but only listen. We...
 
 
The Other Side

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The Other Side
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This is an all time favorite!!! Two young girls live side-by-side with a fence in between. One girl is white; the other is black. Each girl has been told...
 
 
The Other Side of Truth

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The Other Side of Truth
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This is the powerful story of a young brother and sister who flee Nigeria when their mother is brutally murdered. They go to England and...
 
 
The Queen of Water

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The Queen of Water
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Virginia lives in poverty in Ecuador, in an Andean village with her family. At the age of 7 Virginia’s parents give her to a mestizo family to be their...
 
 
The Secret Tunnel

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The Secret Tunnel
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Yonatan is eleven years old; old enough, in his opinion, for his parents to stop calling him Yoni and to be treated with more respect. But there are bigger...
 
 
The Shaman's Apprentice:  A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

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The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
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In a Tirio Indian village, in the Amazon rain forest, there lives a boy named Kamanya.He learns to respect the medicine of the village shaman...
 
 
The Tangerine Tree

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The Tangerine Tree
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Papa is going to New York and he won't be back for Ida's birthday or for Christmas. It feels as though he'll be gone...
 
 
Tia Isa Wants a Car

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Tia Isa Wants a Car
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As her brother points out to her, Tia Isa is not a wealthy woman. Tia sends money to her family, but she really wants a car so they can...
 
 

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Time To Pray
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In an unspecified middle eastern country, Yasmin is visiting her grandmother. She hears the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer, but is too sleepy to get up. The next...
 
 
Tomas and the Library Lady

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Tomas and the Library Lady
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Once in an interview with author T.A.Barron, I asked him, "What's the best question you've ever been asked?" He thought about it for a few seconds and then...
 
 
Tree Girl

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Tree Girl
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One of the most powerful books a teen can read, this is the story of Gabi, a 14-year-old girl in Guatemala, who loves to look up to the sky...
 
 
Under the Blood Red Sun

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Under the Blood Red Sun
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Tomi is thirteen-years-old and living on the island of Oahu with his Japanese-American family when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Tomi's life turns upside down. He has always had...
 
 
Underground

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Underground
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"It was May of 1839 when I got sold. Again...the mistress...sold the whole place--and us, too, just the same as the cows and the chairs." So begins...
 
 
Wabi Sabi

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Wabi Sabi
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A cat named Wabi Sabi gets curious about its own name. What does Wabi Sabi mean? Off goes the cat on a journey to find the answer to the...
 
 
Walking to School

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Walking to School
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Waking up in her bed surrounded by pretty yellow wallpaper, Allison is growing up in the middle of the Protestants versus the Catholics in Northern Ireland. She's...
 
 
We Were Here

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We Were Here
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"When it happened, Miguel was sent to juvi." In Juvi he meets Rondell a huge African American whose strength can easily overpower just about anyone and who insists...
 
 
Welcome to My Neighborhood! A Barrio ABC

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Welcome to My Neighborhood! A Barrio ABC
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The concept of what a neighborhood is to young children is often abstract. The alphabet book Welcome to my Neighborhood! puts us in the setting of a Barrio. Author...
 
 
What's the Matter, Habibi?

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What's the Matter, Habibi?
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Everyday, Habibi takes the children for a camel ride around and around in a circle. Then, one day he lies down and refuses to get...
 
 
When Jessie Came Across The Sea

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When Jessie Came Across The Sea
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Jessie lives with her grandmother in an East European village. Her life is a full and happy one. She sits in at the boys’...
 
 
 
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