Reading Around the World

Africa Asia Australia & New Zealand Canada Great Britain Northern Europe Western Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Middle East Mexico, Central, & South America

Africa
AK (Peter Dickinson, 1992) MALI
Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor, 2011) NIGERIA
Burn My Heart (Beverly Naidoo, 2009) KENYA
Chanda’s Secret & Chanda’s War (Allan Stratton, 2004 & 2008) SOUTH AFRICA
Chain of Fire (Beverly Naidoo, 1989) SOUTH AFRICA
The Ear, the Eye and the Arm (Nancy Farmer, 1994) ZIMBABWE
Forest of the Pygmies (Isabel Allende, 2005) KENYA
A Girl Named Disaster (Nancy Farmer, 1996) ZIMBABWE
Goal! (Mina Javaherbin, 2010) SOUTH AFRICA
The Good Braider (Terry Farish, 2012) SUDAN
Heaven Shop (Deborah Ellis, 2004) MALAWI
Laugh With the Moon (Shana Burg, 2012) MALAWI
A Long Walk To Water (Linda Sue Park, 2010) SUDAN
No Laughter Here (Rita Williams-Garcia, 2004) NIGERIA
Out of Shadows (Jason Wallace, 2011) ZIMBABWE
Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You (Hanna Jansen, 2006) RWANDA
Pharaoh’s Daughter (Julius Lester, 2000) EGYPT
The Pirate’s Son (Geraldine McCaghrean, 1998) MADAGASCAR
Sahwira (Carolyn Marsden, 2009) ZIMBABWE
Spud : the Madness Continues (John Van de Ruit, 2008) SOUTH AFRICA
This Thing Called the Future (J. L. Powers, 2011) SOUTH AFRICA
Where I Belong (Gillian Cross, 2011) SOMALIA

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Asia
Archer's Quest (Linda Sue Park, 2006) KOREA
A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts (Ying Chang Compestine, 2009) CHINA
Blue Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale (Cheryl Aylward Whitesel, 2004) JAPAN
Born Confused (Tanuja Desai Hidier, 2002) INDIA
The Book of the Sword (Carrie Asai, 2003) JAPAN
Bound (Donna Jo Napoli, 2004) JAPAN
The Breadwinner (Deborah Ellis, 2001) AFGHANISTAN
Climbing the Stairs (Padma Venkatraman, 2008) INDIA
Daughter of Xanadu (Dori Jones Yang, 2011) CHINA
Dragon (Jeff Stone, The five ancestors series, 2011) CHINA
Escaping the Tiger (Laura Manivong, 2010) THAILAND
Fury of the Phoenix (Cindy Pon, 2011) CHINA
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (Dorothy Hoobler, 1999) JAPAN
Homeless Bird (Gloria Whelan, 2001) INDIA
Karma (Cathy Ostlere, 2011) INDIA
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet (Kashmira Sheth, 2006) INDIA
The Long Season of Rain (Helen Kim, 1996) KOREA
Monsoon Summer (Mitali Perkins, 2006) INDIA
Mud City (Deborah Ellis, 2003) PAKISTAN
My Name is Parvanna (Deborah Ellis, 2012) AFGHANISTAN
Orchards (Holly Thompson, 2011) JAPAN
Refugees (Catherine Stine, 2005) AFGHANISTAN
The Secret Keeper (Mitali Perkins, 2009) INDIA
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind (Suzanne Fisher Staples, 1989) PAKISTAN
Shiva's Fire (Suzanne Fisher Staples, 2000) INDIA
Sign of the Qin (L.G. Bass, 2004) CHINA
Silk Umbrellas (Carolyn Marsden, 2004) THAILAND
Sold (Patricia McCormick, 2006) INDIA
Subway Girl (P. J. Converse, 2011) HONG KONG
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea (Shyam Selvadurai, 2005) INDIA
Tiger (Jeffrey Stone, The five ancestors series, 2005) CHINA
Toads & Diamonds (Heather Tomlinson, 2010) INDIA
Wanting Mor (Rhuksana Khan, 2009) AFGHANISTAN
When My Name was Keoko (Linda Sue Park, 2002) KOREA
Young Samurai: the Way of the Dragon (Chris Bradford, 2011) JAPAN

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Australia & New Zealand

Abhorsen (Garth Nix, 2003) AUSTRALIA
After Summer (Nick Earls, 2005) AUSTRALIA
The Blue Lawn (William Taylor, 1999) NEW ZEALAND
Breathe (Penni Russon, 2007) AUSTRALIA & TASMANIA
The Changeover (Margaret Mahy, 1984) NEW ZEALAND
The Fat Man (Maurice Gee, 1997) NEW ZEALAND
Follow the Blue (Brigid Lowry, 2004) AUSTRALIA
The Ghosts of Ashbury High (Jaclyn Moriarty, 2011) AUSTRALIA
Guardian of the Dead (Karen Healey, 2010) NEW ZEALAND
Guitar Highway Rose (Brigid Lowry, 1997) AUSTRALIA
In Lane 3, Alex Archer (Tessa Duder, 1991) NEW ZEALAND
A Little Wanting Song (Cath Crowley, 2010) AUSTRALIA
The Magic or Madness Trilogy (Justine Larbalestier, 2005) AUSTRALIA
Mahalia (Joanne Horniman, 2003) AUSTRALIA
The Piper's Son (Melina Marchetta, 2011) AUSTRALIA
Saving Francesca (Melina Marchetta, 2004) AUSTRALIA
The 10 P.M. Question (Kate de Goldi, 2010) NEW ZEALAND
Things You Either Hate Or Love (Brigid Lowry, 2006) AUSTRALIA
Undine (Penni Russon, 2004) AUSTRALIA/TASMANIA
Watch Out for Jamie Joel (Mike Dumbleton, 2003) AUSTRALIA
The Whale Rider (Witi Tame Ihimaera, 2003) NEW ZEALAND
The Year of Secret Assignments (Jaclyn Moriarty, 2004) AUSTRALIA
24 Hours (Margaret Mahy, 2000) NEW ZEALAND
The Winds of Heaven (Judith Clarke, 2010) AUSTRALIA

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Canada

Acceleration (Graham McNamee, 2003) ONTARIO
Alice, I Think (Susan Juby, 2003) BRITISH COLUMBIA
Before Wings (Beth Goobie, 2000)
Blink and Caution (Tim Wynne-Jones, 2011)
Bonechiller (Graham McNamee, 2008) ONTARIO
The Book of Dreams (O. R. Melling, 2009)
The Boy in the Burning House (Tim Wynne-Jones, 2000)
First Light (Rebecca Stead, 2007) GREENLAND
The Game (Theresa Toten, 2001)
The Gathering (Kelley Armstrong, 2011) VANCOUVER (B. C.)
Getting the Girl (Susan Juby, 2008) BRITISH COLUMBIA
Half Brother (Kenneth Oppel, 2010) VICTORIA (B. C.)
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen, 1987)
I Know It's Over (C. K. Kelly Martin, 2008)
New Blood (Peter McPhee, 2007) MANITOBA
Seven for a Secret (Mary C. Sheppard, 2001)
The Sky is Falling (Kit Pearson, 1989)
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl (Martha Brooks, 2003) MANITOBA

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United Kingdom

Betrayal (Gillian Shields, 2010) ENGLAND
The Daykeeper's Grimoire (Christy Raedeke) SCOTLAND
Department 19 (Will Hill, 2011) ENGLAND
Doing It (Melvin Burgess, 2004) ENGLAND
An Earthly Knight (Janet McNaughton, 2003) SCOTLAND
Flour Babies (Anne Fine, 1992) ENGLAND
The Forestwife (Theresa Tomlinson, 1995) ENGLAND
The Guns of Easter (Gerald Whelan, 1999) IRELAND
The Hounds of the Morrigan (Pat O'Shea, 1985) IRELAND
How I Live Now (Meg Rosoff, 2004) ENGLAND
Indigo’s Star (Hilary McKay, 2003) ENGLAND
Kit's Wilderness (David Almond, 1999) ENGLAND
The Lantern Bearers (Rosemary Sutcliff, 1959) ENGLAND
Lucas (Kevin Brooks, 2003) ENGLAND
Maggie’s Door (Patricia Reilly Giff, 2003) IRELAND
The Marbury Lens (Andrew Smith, 2010) ENGLAND
My Cup Runneth Over (Cherry Whytock, 2003) ENGLAND
The New Policeman (Kate Thompson, 2007) IRELAND
Night of the Fifth Moon (Anna Ciddor, 2008) IRELAND
Nory Ryan’s Song (Patricia Reilly Giff, 2000) IRELAND
Ostrich Boys (Keith Gray, 2010) SCOTLAND
Pulling Princes (Tyne O’Connell, 2004) ENGLAND
Saffy’s Angel (Hiilary McKay, 2001) ENGLAND
Sequins, Secrets, & Silver Linings (Sophia Bennett, 2011) ENGLAND
Smack (Melvin Burgess, 1997) ENGLAND
Snowfall (K. M. Peyton, 1994) ENGLAND
Tightrope (Gillian Cross, 1999) ENGLAND
The White Horse Trick (Kate Thompson, 2010) IRELAND
Wise Child (Monica Furlong, 1987) ENGLAND

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Northern Europe

Code Name Kris (Carol Matas, 1990) DENMARK
Hamlet: a Novel (John Marsden, 2009) DENMARK
Harald the Ruthless: The Saga of the Last Viking (Andrea Hopkins, 1996) NORWAY
Hitler's Canary (Sandi Toksvig, 2007) DENMARK
The House of Windjammer (V. A. Richardson, 2003) NETHERLANDS
I Am Rembrandt's Daughter (Lynne Cullen, 2007) NETHERLANDS
The Invisible (Mats Wahl, 2007) SWEDEN
Kristina: the Girl King (Carolyn Meyer, 2003) SWEDEN
Markus & Diana and Markus & the Girls (Klaus Hagerup, 2006; 2009) NORWAY
The Moneylender's Daughter (V. A. Richardson, 2006) NETHERLANDS
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry, 1989) DENMARK
Postcards From No Man's Land (Aidan Chambers, 1999) NETHERLANDS
The Shamer's Daughter (Lene Kaaberbol, 2000) DENMARK
Sun & Moon, Ice & Snow (Jessica Day George, 2008) NORWAY
Tamar (Mal Peet, 2007) NETHERLANDS
Viking Warrior (Judson Roberts, 2006) DENMARK

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Western Europe

Anna & the French Kiss (Stephanie Perkins, 2010) FRANCE
Ashes (Kathryn Lasky, 2010) GERMANY
Blueprint (Charlotte Kerner, 2000) GERMANY
Book Thief (Markus Zusak, 2006) GERMANY
The Boy Who Ate Stars (Kochka, 2006) FRANCE
The Boy Who Dared (Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2008) GERMANY
Daniel, Half-Human and the Good Nazi (David Chotjewitz, 2004) GERMANY
The Death Defying Pepper Roux (Geraldine McCaughrean, 2010) FRANCE
Emil and Karl (Yankev Glatshteyn, 2006) AUSTRIA
Escape to West Berlin (Maurine F. Dahlberg, 2004) GERMANY
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick, 2007) FRANCE
It Happened At School: 2 Tales (Suse Morgenstern, 2005) FRANCE
The Janus Gate: an encounter with John Singer Sargent (Douglas Rees, 2006) FRANCE
Life As It Comes (Anne Laure-Bondoux, 2007) FRANCE
Melusine (Lynne Reid Banks, 1989) FRANCE
Mimus (Lilli Thal, 2005) GERMANY
The Musician's Daughter (Susanne Dunlap, 2009) AUSTRIA
The Night Crossing (Karen Ackerman, 1995) AUSTRIA
No & Me (Delphine de Vigan, 2010) FRANCE
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping (Barry Denenberg, 2000) AUSTRIA
The Orange Trees of Versailles (Annie Pietri, 2004) FRANCE
The Pale Assassin (Patricia Elliott, 2009) FRANCE
Play to the Angel (Maurine Dahlberg, 2000) GERMANY
The Pull of the Ocean (Jean-Claude Mourlevat, 2006) FRANCE
Revolution (Jennifer Donnelly, 2010) FRANCE
The Robber and Me (Josef Holub, 1997) GERMANY
Ruby Red (Kerstin Gier, 2011) GERMANY
The Ruby Notebook (Laura Resau, 2010) FRANCE
The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice (Ann Finnin, 2010) FRANCE
The Star of Kazan (Eva Ibbotson, 2004) AUSTRIA
Three Wishes (Isabelle Merlin, 2008) FRANCE
Vidalia in Paris (Sasha Watson, 2008) FRANCE
Zazoo (Richard Mosher, 2001) FRANCE

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Eastern Europe

Anatasia's Secret (Susanne Dunlap, 2010) RUSSIA
Angel on the Square (Gloria Whelan, 2001) RUSSIA
Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys, 2011) RUSSIA
Blood Promise (Richelle Mead, 2009) RUSSIA
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne, 2006) POLAND
Burying the Sun (Gloria Whelan, 2004) RUSSIA
Fell (David Clement-Davies, 2007) ROMANIA
The Fetch (Laura Whitcomb, 2009) RUSSIA
How I Became an American (Karin Gundisch, 2001) ROMANIA
The Impossible Journey (Gloria Whelan, 2003) RUSSIA
Jacob's Rescue (Malka Drucker, 1993) POLAND
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Beth Fantaskey, 2009) ROMANIA
Lydia, Queen of Palestine (Uri Orlev, 1993) ROMANIA
The Man from the Other Side (Uri Orlev, 1991) POLAND
Marika (Andrea Cheng, 2002) HUNGARY
Milkweed (Jerry Spinelli, 2003) POLAND
Once (Morris Gleitzman, 2010) POLAND
Puppet (Eva Wiseman, 2009) HUNGARY
The Sniper (James Riordan, 2009) RUSSIA
The Trumpeter of Krakow (Eric P. Kelly, 1928) POLAND
The White Stag (Kate Seredy, 1937) HUNGARY
Wildwood Dancing (Juliet Marillier, 2007) ROMANIA

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Southern Europe

Are We There Yet? (David Levithan, 2005) ITALY
Blood Fever: a James Bond Adventure (Charlie Higson, 2006) ITALY
Blood Secret (Kathryn Lasky, 2004) SPAIN
Breathe (Penni Russon, 2007) GREECE
A Conspiracy of Kings (Megan Whalen Turner, 2010) GREECE
Cruel Summer (Alysson Noel, 2008) GREECE
Daughter of Venice (Donna Jo Napoli, 2002) ITALY
Death By Denim (Linda Gerber, 2009)
The Falconer's Knot (Mary Hoffman, 2007) ITALY
Incantation (Alice Hoffman, 2006) SPAIN
Ithaka (Adele Geras, 2006) GREECE
King of Ithaka (Tracy Barret, 2010) GREECE
Lost in the Labyrinth (Patrice Kindl, 2002) GREECE
Rampant (Diana Peterfreund, 2009) ITALY
Shylock’s Daughter (Mirjam Pressler, 2001) ITALY
The Smile (Donna Jo Napoli, 2008) ITALY
Stravaganza: City of Masks (Mary Hoffman, 2002) ITALY
The Thief Lord (Cornelia Funke, 2000) ITALY
Three Days (Donna Jo Napoli, 2001) ITALY

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Middle East

Anahita's Woven Riddle (Megan Nuttal Sayres, 2006) IRAN
Beast (Donna Jo Napoli, 2000) PERSIA
The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare, 1961) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Habibi (Naomi Shahib Nye, 1997) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Home is Beyond the Mountains (Celia Barker Lottridge, 2010) IRAN
How To Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation (Simone Ekeles, 2010) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
One More River (Lynne Reid Banks, 1992) ISRAEL
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi, 2003) IRAN
The Prince of Persia (A. B. Sina, 2008) IRAN
Purple Heart (Patricia McCormick, 2009)
The Ring of Solomon (Jonathan Stroud, 2010) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Santa Claus in Baghad... (Elsa Marston, 2008)
The Shepherd's Granddaughter (Anne Laurel Carter, 2008) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
A Stone In My Hand (Cathryn Clinton, 2002) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Sunrise Over Fallujah (Walter Dean Myers, 2008) IRAQ
Where the Streets Had a Name (Randa Abdal-Fatah, 2010) ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Wishing Moon (Michael O. Tunnell, 2004)

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Mexico, Central and South America

90 Miles to Havana (Enrique Flores-Galbis, 2010) CUBA
City of the Beasts (Isabel Allende, 2002) BRAZIL
Crossing the wire (Will Hobbs, 2006) MEXICO
Daughter of Madrugada (Frances M. Wood, 2002) MEXICO
Go and Come Back (Joan Abelove, 1998) PERU
The Dreamer (Pam Munoz Ryan, 2010) CHILE
The firefly letters : a suffragette's journey to Cuba (Margarita Engle, 2010) CUBA
The Goldsmith's Daughter (Tanya Landman, 2009) MEXICO
The Heart is Not a Size (Beth Kephart, 2010) MEXICO
Illegal (Bettina Restrepo, 2011) MEXICO
The Indigo Notebook (Laura Resau, 2009) ECUADOR
Invisible City (M. G. Harris, 2008) MEXICO
Jack's Run (Roland Smith, 2005) ARGENTINA
The Jade Notebook (Laura Resau, 2012) MEXICO
Journey of Dreams (Marge Pellegrino, 2009) GUATEMALA
Keeper (Mal Peet, 2005) BRAZIL
La Linea (Ann Jaramillo, 2006) MEXICO
The Lightning Dreamer (Margarita Engle, 2013) CUBA
The Queen of Water (Laura Resau, 2011) ECUADOR
Red glass (Laura Resau, 2007) MEXICO/GUATEMALA
The Red Umbrella (Christina Diaz Gonzalez, 2010) CUBA
Revelations (Melissa de la Cruz, 2008) BRAZIL
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba (Magarita Engle, 2009) CUBA
What the Moon Saw (Laura Resau, 2006) MEXICO