Continents


  • Africa

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    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

  • Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle (Antarctica)

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