Ten-year-old Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six but now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, everything goes awry. Can it be that everything Sasha knows about the Soviet government is a lie?
When Naima's parents cannot afford to pay her school fees anymore, she faces hard realities about limitations placed on girls in modern Bangladeshi society. A wonderful story of courage and an intriguing look at microfinance options for women in developing countries today.
Born in Hiroshima in 1943, Sadako was the star of her school's running team, until the dizzy spells started and she was forced to face the hardest race of her life, the race against time.
Fascinating historical fiction that closely follows the truth about a brave 15-year-old Japanese fisherman, Manjiro Nakahama, who is shipwrecked far off the coast of Japan, is brought to the United States, and, upon returning home, paves the way for Commodore Perry's successful "opening of Japan" to the United States in 1853.
An Anglo Australian girl finds herself thrown into contact with an aboriginal girl of the same age who has no use for Anglos. The culture shock for both girls is great, but they come to trust one another by pursuing a common goal in an exciting adventure.
A touching story about a Chinese boy who fails his fishing village's traditional test of manhood. Will he ever find a place in society considering his fear of the sea?
On a day trip, he discovered a village hidden at the bottom of a mile-high cliff. The true story of what happened to him and to the thousand-year-old village — when he dared to climb down. Dramatic, thought-provoking fun!
