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• Alexandra's Scroll

  the Story of the First Hanukkah

  Chaikin, Miriam

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  Alexandra, a young Jewish girl from Jerusalem, describes her life and the creation of Hanukkah, more than 2000 years ago. Grade: 4+

• The Bronze Bow

  Speare, Elizabeth George

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  After witnessing his father's crucifixion by Roman soldiers, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by a single passion: to avenge his father's death by driving the Roman legions from the land of Israel. Grade: 5+

• A Single Shard

  Park, Linda Sue

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  Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. Grade: 5+

• The Kite Fighters

  Park, Linda Sue

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  In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jahanara, Princess of Princesses

  Lasky, Kathryn

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  Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Mogul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Crane

  Fussell, Sandy

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  Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not only physical skills but mental and spiritual ones as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

  Hoobler, Dorothy

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  While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan. Grade: 6+

• The Master Puppeteer

  Paterson, Katherine

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  A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty and discontent of eighteenth century Osaka and the world of puppeteers in which he lives. Grade: 5+.

• Heart of a Samurai

  Based on the True Story of Nakahama Manjiro

  Preus, Margi

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  In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spring Pearl

  the Last Flower

  Yep, Laurence, 1948-

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  Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year-old orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opium War in Canton, China. Grade: 4+

• Kazunomiya

  Prisoner of Heaven

  Lasky, Kathryn

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  Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in her diary and in poems the confusing events occurring in the Imperial Palace in 1858, including political and romantic intrigue. Grade: 4+.

• View From Pagoda Hill

  MacColl, Michaela,

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  Twelve-year-old Ning doesn't know where she belongs. The daughter of a Chinese woman and American man, Ning doesn't fit in in 1870s Shanghai, where her American features and unbound feet make her stand out. When she receives news that her father…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After the Ashes

  Joiner, Sara,

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  In 1883 thirteen-year-old Katrien Courtlandt is more interested in science and exploring the Javanese jungle for beetles with her native friend, than in becoming a young lady like her despised cousin Brigitta--but when Krakatoa erupts, the tsunami…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Homeless Bird

  Whelan, Gloria

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  When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it. Grade: 5+

• Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

  Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman, 1892-1958

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  In the 1920's, a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith brings good fortune. Grade: 5+.

• All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens

  Whelan, Gloria

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  As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and she considers trying to carry the rebels' message to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bronze and Sunflower

  Cao, Wenxuan, 1954-

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  Sunflower is an only child, and when her father is sent to the rural Cadre School, she has to go with him. When her father tragically drowns, Sunflower is taken in by the poorest family in the village, a family with a son named Bronze. Bronze and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In a Flash

  Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-

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  In 1940, when Simona is eight and her sister, Carolina, is five, their father becomes the cook to the Italian ambassador to Japan, and the family leaves Italy for Tokyo. The girls learn perfect Japanese, make friends, and begin to love life in their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ahimsa

  Kelkar, Supriya, 1980-

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  In 1942, when Mahatma Gandhi asks Indians to give one family member to the freedom movement, ten-year-old Anjali is devastated to think of her father risking his life for the freedom struggle. But it turns out he isn't the one joining. Anjali's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When My Name Was Keoko

  Park, Linda Sue

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  With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely. Grade: 5+