false 88081 0 0 762193 0440412455 9780440412458 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134240m/762193.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134240s/762193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762193.Junebug 3.60 25 H. K. AB. ]]> 88081 3.48 98 20 1995 428351 0440418534 9780440418535 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174671013m/428351.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174671013s/428351.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428351.Girl_of_Kosovo 4.00 18 88081 3.48 98 20 2001 762179 0374317089 9780374317089 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134196m/762179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134196s/762179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762179.Dawn_and_Dusk 3.09 11
The story of how one boy’s world was turned upside down in 1987 Iran is a timely and memorable introduction to the conflicts in the Middle East.</div></div>]]> 88081 3.48 98 20 2007 762192 0374372888 9780374372880 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134240m/762192.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134240s/762192.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762192.Year_of_No_Rain 3.25 8 "An artfully told story . . . The history, the land, and the determination of a band of refugees to care for each other are vividly evoked in this important work." -- Starred review, Kirkus Reviews

In the dry spring of 1999, eleven-year-old Stephen Majok watches as his friend Wol joins a circle of dancers. Wol is celebrating – only fourteen, he is engaged to Stephen’s sister. Wol wants to marry because he might join the guerrillas in southern Sudan and fight the northern government soldiers. He wants a wife to remember him. Stephen thinks Wol is crazy. Children should study. But because of the civil war, there has been no school in their village for over a year. All Stephen has left from his student days is his books and one precious pencil, and the hunger for knowledge. Then, suddenly – but not unexpectedly – exploding bombs are heard in the tiny village. Stephen’s mother tells him to hurry, pack his bag, and hide beyond the forest with Wol and their friend Deng. Stephen grabs his geography book, his pencil, and little else. He does not want to leave his mother and sister. He does not want to leave the life he loves.
In her latest portrayal of “children caught in the cultural crossfire” (School Library Journal), Alice Mead emphasizes the attachment all humans have to the small place on earth we call home, and our resistance to being displaced, even when our very lives are threatened.
</div>]]> 88081 3.48 98 20 2003 290683 0374336172 9780374336172 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173454893m/290683.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173454893s/290683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/290683.Isabella_s_Above_Ground_Pool 2.89 9 Speedwalker-Juarez’s motto. It’s all because she’s stuck in a room
with her toddler brother, Dozer. Mom says Izzy has to adapt to
Granny’s tiny trailer, where they’ve just moved because money
is tight and Mom is worried about losing her job at the gum
factory. Izzy knows what will make everything better – an
above-ground pool. She’ll swim in it for hours, and she won’t
share it with anyone, not even her new classmates or her friend
Deborah Nibblebitz-Fifer. With help from Zachary O’Toole, the
neighborhood handyman – and from Deborah – Izzy plans to
hold a car wash to raise money. But when things finally start
to go her way, a tornado damages the neighborhood, and Izzy
begins to rethink her motto.</div><div>
Sparkling illustrations and a large dose of warmhearted humor
make Isabella’s dilemma – and change of heart – easily
identifiable to young readers everywhere.

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Mead's novel includes a brief history of the events leading to the Kosovo Conflict, a map of the region surrounding Kosovo, and a pronunciation guide.]]> 88081 3.48 98 20 1996 762188 0374380473 9780374380472 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134238m/762188.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178134238s/762188.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762188.Swimming_to_America 2.50 4 The quandary of the illegal immigrant

Linda Berati, an eighth grader in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, knows that her parents are Albanian and her little sister American. But what is she? And how did she get to New York? Her parents evade her questions, fueling Linda's uneasiness about her identity. Only Ramón, a Cuban immigrant her age, seems to understand. Together, they escape to the hideout she and Ramón built. Then a strange, foreign man appears at the hideout, and right away Linda feels connected to him. She soon discovers that Ramón's wayward brother knows the man, and learns that immigrants - even illegal ones - come to the United States for many reasons. She determines to confront her mother and find out the truth about herself at last.

The author, known for her empathic portrayals of children, shows what it's like to live the American dream in dread of losing it.
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When summer vacation starts, Junebug's lazy-day plans are squashed when Mama tells him to take walks with cranky old Reverend Ashford every day and play soccer with the very same school bullies that beat him up. Is this any way to spend summer vacation? Little does Junebug know that there are some lessons you don't learn in school.]]> 88081 3.48 98 20 1998 428352 0440419379 9780440419372 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174671014m/428352.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174671014s/428352.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428352.Junebug_in_Trouble 4.00 2
At home, Junebug thinks about the father he hardly knows. He has been in prison for over six years. Maybe he’s really innocent, but if not, will people think that Junebug will grow up to be like him?]]> 88081 3.48 98 20 2002