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Nation

by Pratchett, Terry

After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of...

Mao's Last Dancer

by Cunxin, Li

At the age of eleven, Li Cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academ...

Beneath My Mother's Feet

by Qamar, Amjed

"Our lives will always be in the hands of our mothers, whether we like it or not."Nazia doesn't mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful...

The humming of numbers

by Sensel, Joni

Aiden, a novice about to take monastic vows in tenth century Ireland, meets Lana, a girl who understands his ability to hear the sounds of numbers humming from...

Noman

by Nicholson, William

Seeker, who is obsessed with his increasingly perilous quest to kill the last of the Old Ones, finds that his mission has placed him at odds with a new leader ...

Tree Shaker

The Story of Nelson Mandela

by Keller, Bill

This fascinating biography looks at the life of Nelson Mandela, placing his awe-inspiring accomplishments in historical context for a new generation to admire....

Fortune's Fool

by Karr, Kathleen

In medieval Germany, fifteen-year-old Conrad, a court jester, and his beloved Christa, a servant girl, escape from a cruel master and journey through the count...

The Boxer and the Spy

by Parker, Robert B.

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Streams of Babel

by Plum-Ucci, Carol

Six teens face a bioterrorist attack on American soil as four are infected with a mysterious disease affecting their small New Jersey neighborhood and two othe...

The Last of the High Kings

by Thompson, Kate

In turmoil over learning that she is a changeling, eleven-year-old Jenny Liddy makes a deal with a devil creature, and in doing so, she endangers the human rac...