MIDDLE SCHOOL
FICTION
GRADES: G6-G8
Una montaña más One More Mountain Deborah Ellis (text) Laia Domènech (illustration)
It's 2021, and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy. It has been 20 years since they had to disguise themselves as boys to support themselves and their families. But when the Taliban were defeated in 2001, it looked as if Afghans could finally rebuild their country. Many things have changed for Parvana since then. She has married, has a son and runs a school for girls. Now she must lead the girls out of Green Valley and into the mountains.
5.1 × 7.7 in | 124 pp | ISBN: 978-607-600-038-0
42 días. Mundo de maravillas 42 days: A World of Wonders Karen Chacek (text) Andrea Orozco Arias (illustration)
5.1 × 8.3 in | 212 pp | ISBN: 978-607-893-267-2
Alina’s anger was a fire that could not be put out. Her dad had left home, and she didn’t get on well with her mum. But then, her neighbours Rita and Bernardo share with her their experiences of the Second World War and along with this a way of living and seeing her life differently.
Community action / Harassment, violence and discrimination / Social inequality
THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE BREADWINNER SERIES IS A STORY OF STRENGTH, HOPE AND FREEDOM.
Anger / Intergenerational friendship / Family / Love of life
BOOK WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL HONOR!
AUTHOR WINNER OF THE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD!
5.1 × 7.7 in | 256 pp | ISBN: 978-607-540-734-0
5.1 × 7.7 in | 248 pp | ISBN: 978-607-889-104-7
5.1 × 7.7 in | 184 pp | ISBN: 978-607-621-030-7
La promesa del ciclista The Cyclist's Promise Albeiro Echavarría (text) Andrezzinho (illustration)
El diario de Nisha The Night Diary Veera Hiranandani (text)
Hasta que llegue el día Until the Day Arrives Ana Maria Machado (text) Rosana Mesa (illustration)
Nisha writes about her daily life and her worries. It is 1947 and India has become independent from Britain. The partition forces many to emigrate but Nisha does not understand why she must abandon her home. Along with her father, grandmother, and twin-brother Amil, she begins a dangerous journey to the other side of the border.
Salvatore is a young farmer who arrives in the mountains of Cauca. Strong, and a person of great perseverance, he dreams of dedicating himself to cycling. Salvatore makes a promise; to commit his days to improve his cycling and become a professional. With the company and guidance of his trainer and friends he follows a life of sport and adventure.
Brothers, Manu and Bento, have suffered poverty and the plague, thus they sail to the New World searching for a better life. Meanwhile, an African family is captured and sent to the Americas as slaves. Their lives cross in Brazil, where the culture of the three continents merge.
Diversity, disability and inclusion / Love and friendship / Migration
Diversity, disability and inclusion / Loss and grief / Migration
Culture and society / Growth and maturity / Love and friendship
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