Month: March 2012
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The monster comes just after midnight for thirteen year old Connor O’Malley. The yew tree in the church yard across from his house folds itself into the shape of a large man and lowers its eye to Connor’s window. It demands his attention. But that isn’t the scariest thing in Connor’s life right now: his…
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Ten year old Sasha Zaichik’s greatest dream in life is to become a Young Soviet Pioneer. His father works for the State Security and joining the Pioneers would make Sasha’s father proud and be an important step in following him in becoming a good Communist under Stalin. The mother having passed away years before, Sasha…
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This is a verse novel narrated by a young girl set in the 1950’s and 60’s in Hong Kong. Written almost as a verse diary over several years, the reader gains a glimpse into the girl’s life. Her family subsists mainly from her father’s tailoring business, but work ebbs and flows. When the father is…
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Tree Ear is a boy who lives in a small village on the west coast of Korea in the middle of the 12th century. He spends most of his time scavenging for scraps around local trash heaps and sleeps under a bridge at night. His friend is Crane Man, an old man with a disabled…
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