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The Year of the Dog (Pacy, #1)

A special edition of a modern classic by the Newbery-Award winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family…

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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

A classic Newbery Award Medal winner (1933), with an introduction by Katherine Paterson and new illustrations

When Young Fu arrives with his mother in bustling 1920s Chungking, all he has seen of the w…

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Li Lun, Lad of Courage (A Newbery Honor book)

A Newbery Honor book, Li Lun, Lad of Courage is a touching survival story about resilience and hard work.

After Li Lun is unable to overcome his fear of the sea and fails to learn how to fish, he is br…

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The Big Wave

Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe …

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future w…

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The Kite Fighters

In Seoul, Korea, in 1473, Young-sup and his older brother Kee-sup are excited about the New Year kite competition. Young-sup is an expert at kite flying. He knows just what his kite wants him to do. K…

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Born in the Year of Courage

In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade be…

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The Master Puppeteer

Who is the man called Sabura, the mysterious bandit who robs the rich and helps the poor? And what is his connection with Yosida, the harsh and ill- tempered master of feudal Japan's most famous puppe…

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The Cat Who Went to Heaven

This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist, and, by humility and devotion, brought him good fortune.

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God's Adventurer: A Story of Daring, Danger and Dependence on God

Hudson Taylor was a teenager when God told him to go to China. Though he was alone, broke and critically ill, he hung on to that goal and to the God who was sending him. Would God be enough? Danger an…

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Breaking Stalin's Nose

One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011

Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six:
The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and…

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I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade

Born on the Mongolian steppes during the reign of Kublai Khan, Oyuna's future seems decided when, as an infant, her foot is crushed by a horse. Her clan believes she has been cursed by bad luck, and s…

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Burying the Sun (Angel on the Square, #3)

Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya,…

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The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

Book Three of The Wingfeather Saga

Janner Wingfeather's father was the High King of Anniera. But his father is gone. The kingdom has fallen. The royal family is on the run, and the Fang armies of Gnag…

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