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Baillie, Allen LITTLE BROTHER (1992) A young Cambodian must overcome social
upheaval, a hostile jungle, and his own inability to trust, to rescue his older
brother after the Vietnamese War. Baillie, Allen REBEL (1994) When the General marches into Burma to take
over, one student rebels. Blair, David FEAR THE CONDOR (1992) Ten-year-old Bartolina is in the midst of
the 1932 Bolivian war against Paraguay. Garland, Sherry THE LOTUS SEED (1993) A young Vietnamese girl carries a lotus seed to help her remember a brave emperor and the homeland she has to flee. Giff, Patricia NORY RYAN’S SONG (2000) When a
terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory
Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive. Godden, Rumer PREMLATA AND THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
(1996) In Benga, India, Premlata’s
family is too poor to celebrate the festival of lights until fate and an
elephant step in. Grover, Wayne ALI AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE (1993) An
American working in Saudi Arabia befriends a young boy from a remote village
and helps him train an eagle to hunt. Heide, Florence SAMI AND THE TIME OF THE TROUBLES
(1992) A 10-year-old Lebanese boy must
live in a basement shelter when his street is filled with bombings and fights. Ho, Minfong THE CLAY MARBLE (1991) Twelve-year-old Daria must leave her home
and live in a refugee camp in war-torn Cambodia. Kidd, Diana ONION TEARS (1991) A young Vietnamese girl must cope with the
loss of her family and adjust to her new life in Australia. Mikaelsen, Ben SPARROW HAWK RED (1993) Thirteen-year-old Ricky tries to avenge his
mother’s death by stealing a high-tech radar plane from drug smugglers in
Mexico. Nye, Naomi Shihab HABIBI: NAOMI SHIHAB NYE (1997) When
fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, and her family move from St. Louis to a new
home between Jerusalem and
the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and
must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians. Oppenheim HUNDREDTH NAME (1995) In Egypt, Allah’s hundredth name is unknown
to man. But Salah, hoping to lift his
camel’s sadness, prays that the camel will learn the hundredth name. Pevsner, Stella SING FOR YOUR FATHER SU PHAN
(1997) The youngest daughter of a
prosperous trader faces change in her North Vietnamese village. Porte, Barbara Ann HEARSAY:
STRANGE TALES FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM (1998) A collection of stories conveying folklore and culture in China. Rupert, Janet E. AFRICAN MASK (1994) A 12-year-old Yoruba girl living in 11th
century Africa attempts to reject the man chosen to be her husband. Russell, Ching Y. LICHEE TREE (1997) Ten-year-old Ying,
living in China in the 1940’s, wants to sell the fruit from her lichee tree to
help her family. Temple, Frances GRAB HANDS AND RUN (1993) Felipe, 12, makes the difficult and
dangerous journey from El Salvador to Canada with his mother and sister. Temple, Frances TONIGHT BY SEA (1995) Paulie helps her uncle secretly build a boat
so they can escape Haiti. Whelan, Gloria GOODBYE VIETNAM (1992)
Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous journey from Vietnam
to Hong Kong. Characters and Settings in
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