The books on this page are set in different countries and have different races and cultures.
"Enchanted Air," is a book written in poetry based on the true story of a young girl, Margarita. She is torn between 2 different worlds. Her heart lies in her mother's homeland, Cuba, but her feet rest in Los Angeles, California. Then the Cuban revolution starts. Margarita fears for her relatives in Cuba. The US and Cuba get in a fight. Margarita is torn apart. How can she love two, so very different places? Will she ever run on the clear sands of Cuba again?
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This book is based on a true story. Karana is an Indian. Once, her Island was widely populated with Indians and friends. Then, they sailed away, and left Karana behind. This is the survival story of a young, isolated girl. She learns to survive and fend for herself. Will Karana survive the wild dangers of the Island? Will Karana's mind be able to stay intact for the years she's left isolated on her own? Most importantly, will Karana ever be rescued?
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Claire Takata lives a normal American girl's life. Her father passed away when she was younger, and on the anniversary of his death, Claire finds a letter from her deceased father to her living stepfather. Claire hadn't even known they had met. She becomes anxious to know what had been going on between the two of them, and discovers her father was part of the Japanese mafia. Claire fiddles with things she shouldn't be and finds herself entangled in her father's cultural legacy.
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In an land in India ruled by a murderous boy king, each dawn leaves a new family with a heartache. Caliph (king) Khalid marries and kills a new girl each day, but when spunky Shahrzrad volunteers to marry him, and survives the morning, Khalid finds himself confused and in a difficult predicament. Torn between love for his new bride, and saving his country, Khalid must set his priorities straight as he gets tangled up in love and the powerful magic of India.
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After severely injuring a boy in an empty parking lot, troublemaker Cole Matthews is in major trouble, law trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given an alternative: a one-year banishment to a remote Alaskan island. This program—called Circle Justice—is based on Native American traditions that provide healing for the criminal mind. Knowing jail awaits, Cole grudgingly goes. While on the Island Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear. While hurt, Cole finds the strength to heal his injured heart.
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The only remaining daughter of the famed Cleopatra watches her father die in front of her. Her parent's enemy, Octavius, forces Cleopatra Selene and her brothers to walk throughout the streets of Rome in gold chains. After this humiliating showing, Octavius forces them to live in his own home as political prisoners. Selene is determined to protect her brothers from the horrors of the Roman courts. While trying to live up to her mothers standards Selene wonders if she'll be able to become her own person or if she'll be stuck as a repetition of her mother.
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"Number the Stars," the Newberry winning book, is a unique perspective of a girl hiding a Jew in her home during World War II. As Germany begins to invade Denmark and "relocate" the Jews, Annemarie Johanson's family takes in her best friend and Jew, Ellen Rosen, to be concealed as a part of their family. Through the eyes of this young girl, we get to see how the Danish Resistance smuggled over 7,000 Jews to Sweden.
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