Continents
A Dry White Season.by Brink,
Andre. (Soweto riots)
A Girl Named Disaster.by Farmer,
Nancy. (Mozambique)
A Man Alone and Arrow of God.
Achebe, Chinua.
Angel of hope & Angel
of Mercy by McDaniel (Uganda)
Baboon King by Quintana (Kikuyo
& Masai Peoples)
Beyond the Mango Tree by Zemser
(Liberia)
Chain of Fire.by Naidoo, Beverley.
(South Africa)
Double Yoke. by Emecheta,
Buchi.(Nigeria)
My Life With the Chimpanzees
& Thunder Cave
No Condition is Permanent
by Kessler (Sierra Leone)
Paper Bird by Maartens (S.
Africa)
Python Dance by Silver (South
Africa)
Song of Be.by Beake, Lesley.
(Nambia)
The Bride Price. by Emecheta,
Buchi. (Nigeria)
The Eye, The Ear, and the
Arm.by Farmer, Nancy. (Zimbabwe)
The Power of One.by Courtenay,
Bruce. (South Africa)
The Return. by Levitin, Sonia.
(Ethiopia)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua
Achebe
Waiting for the Rain: A Novel
of South Africa.by Gordon, Sheila.
Asia
A Hand Full of Stars.by Schami,
Rafik. (Damascus)
Bound Feet and Western Dress:A
Memoir.by Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha. (China)
Chinese Cinderella: The True
Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Mah, Adeline Yen.
Comfort Woman. by Keller,
Nora Okja. (Korea)
Cracking India. by Sidwa,
Bapsi.
Echoes of the White Giraffe
by Choi, Sook Nyul. (Korea)
Fallen Angels by Myers (Vietnam)
Falling Leaves: The True Story
of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter.by Mah, Adeline Yen.
Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by
Hoobler (Japan)
Goodbye Vietnam & Yang
The Youngest and His Terrible Ear
Haveli. by Staples, Suzanne
Fisher.(Pakistan)
Homeless Bird by Whelan (India)
Palace Walk.by Mahfouz, Najib.
(Egypt)
Red Azalea. by Min, Anchee.
(Shanghai)
Red Scarf Girl : A Memoir
of the Cultural Revolution.by Jiang, Ji-Li. (China)
Rice Without Rain. by Ho,
Minfong. (Thailand)
Running on Eggs, by Levine
(Israel)
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind.
by Staples, Suzanne Fisher. (Pakistan)
Shadow Spinner by Fletcher
(Arabia)
Shizuko's Daughter.by Mori,
Kyoko.
Sister of My Heart.by Divakaruni,
Chitra Banerjee.(India)
So Far from the Bamboo Grove.by
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. (North Korea)
Spring Moon: A Novel of China.
by Lord, Betto Bao.
The Examination. by Bosse,
Malcolm. (China)
The Good Earth. by Buck, Pearl.
(China)
The Middle Heart. by Lord,
Betto Bao. (China)
The Moon Pearl by McCunn (China)
Ties that Bind, Ties that
Break.by Namioka, Lensey. (China)
Year of Impossible Goodbyes.by
Choi, Sook Nyul. (Korea)
Australia
Al Capsella Books by Judith
Clarke
Captive at Kangaroo Springs
Lockie Leonard Books by Tim
Winton
My Sister Sif by Ruth Park
Secret Lives by MacDonald
The John Marsden Books
Europe
Anson's Way by Schmidt (Ireland,
18th Cent.)
Charlie Wilcox by McKay (Eurpoe,
WWI)
Forgotten Fire - Adam Bagdasarian
(Armenian Genocide)
Hold my Hand & Run by
McAllister (17th Cent England)
I Rode a Horse of Milk White
Jade (Asian) - Diane Lee Wilson
Mary, Bloody Mary - Carolyn
Meyer
Nory Ryan's Song (Ireland)
- Patricia Reilly Giff
Number the Stars
October Moon by Scott (Ireland,
contemporary)
Queen's own Fool (About Mary
Queen of Scots) - Jane Yolen
Sacred Shadows by Schur (Poland
between the WWI & II)
Snow Treasure
The Cross by Day, the Mezuzzah
by Night by Siegel (Spain, 1492)
The Harry Potter Books by
Rowling, (England, Contemporary)
North America
Come Morning
Delaware History
A Distant Enemy by Vanasse
(Alaska)
Joaquin Strikes Back by McGinley
(Mexican-Americans in MI)
The Donald Trembath Books
(Canada)
The Hollow Tree by Lunn (Amer.
Revolution)
The Last Lobo by Smith
(Hopi Indians)
The Violin Players by Sherman
(Midwest US, anti-semitic theme)
South America
Ajeemah and His Son by Berry
(Jamaica)
Among the Volcanoes by Castaneda
(Guatemala)
Annie John.by Kincaid, Jamaica.
(Antigua)
Asphalt Angels by Holtwijk
(Brazil)
Beyond the Ancient Cities
by Merino (Mexico)
Bitter Grounds. Benitez, Sandra.
by (El Savlador)
Go & Come Back by Abelove
(Peru)
Green Thumb by Thomas (Brazil)
Imagining Isabel by Castaneda
(Guatemala)
In the Name of Salome: A Novel.by
Alvarez, Julia. (Dominican Republic)
In the Time of the Butterflies:
A Novel. by Alvarez, Julia. (Dominican Republic)
My Name is Not Angelica by
O'Dell (Virgin Islands)
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel.
Stones for Ibarra. by Doerr,
Harriet. (Mexico)
Taste of Salt : A novel of
Modern Haiti.by Temple, Frances.
The Amethyst Ring by O'Dell
(Mexico)
The Captive by O'Dell
(Mexico)
The Farming of the Bones.
by Danticat, Edwidge. (Haiti)
The Feathered Serpent by O'Dell
(Mexico)
The Gold of Dreams by Merino
(Mexico)
The House of the Spirits.
by Allende, Isabel. (Chile)
The Kings Fifth by O'Dell
(Mexico & Peru)
Antartica
Antarctica: Escape from Disaster
by Peter Lerangis
Antarctica: Journey to the
Pole by Peter Lerangis
Mr. Poppers Penguins
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