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The Most Beautiful Roof in the World
Author | : Kathryn Lasky |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0152008977 |
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From Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky comes a fascinating journey through the rainforest canopy that's perfect for budding environmentalists.
Running on the Roof of the World
Author | : Jess Butterworth |
Publsiher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781616208349 |
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A story of adventure, survival, courage, and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India. Tash lives in Tibet, where as a practicing Buddhist she must follow many rules to avoid the wrath of the occupying Chinese soldiers. Life remains peaceful as long as Tash, her family, and their community hide their religion and don’t mention its leader, the Dalai Lama. The quiet is ruptured when a man publicly sets himself on fire to protest the occupation. In the crackdown that follows, soldiers break into Tash’s house and seize her parents. Tash barely escapes, and soon she and her best friend, Sam, along with two borrowed yaks, flee across the mountains, where they face blizzards, hunger, a treacherous landscape, and the constant threat of capture. It’s a long, dangerous trip to the Indian border and safety—and not all will make it there. This action-packed novel tells a story of courage, hope, and the powerful will to survive, even in the most desperate circumstances.
Grass Roof Tin Roof
Author | : Dao Strom |
Publsiher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2003-01-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780547972831 |
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A Vietnamese family flees its war-torn home and resettles in California, in a novel that offers a “brilliant exploration of exile, loss, and identity” (Robert Olen Butler). Told from multiple perspectives and spanning several decades, Grass Roof, Tin Roof begins with the story of Tran, a Vietnamese writer facing government persecution, who flees her homeland during the exodus of 1975 and brings her two children to the West. Here, she marries a Danish American man who has survived a different war. He promises understanding and guidance—but the psychic consequences of his past soon hinder his relationships with the family, as the children, for whom the war is now a distant shadow, struggle to understand the world around them on their own terms. In delicate, innovative prose, Strom’s characters experience the collision of cultures and the spiritual aftermath of war on the most visceral level. Grass Roof, Tin Roof is “an affecting study on the slippery nature of home” (Los Angeles Times). “[Strom] explores the mysteries of loss, culture and identity, with skill, poignancy and imagination.” —Detroit Free Press
Eating Dirt
Author | : Charlotte Gill |
Publsiher | : Greystone Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781553657927 |
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Charlotte Gill spent twenty years working as a tree planter in Canadian forests. In this book, she examines the environmental impact of logging and celebrates the value of forests from a perspective of some one whose work caught them between environmentalists and loggers.
Interrupted Journey
Author | : Kathryn Lasky,Christopher G. Knight |
Publsiher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2006-05-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0763628832 |
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Describes efforts to protect sea turtles, particularly Kemp's ridley turtles, and help them reproduce and replenish their once-dwindling numbers.
Falling Off the Roof of the World
Author | : Lama Dudjom Dorjee |
Publsiher | : Infinity Publishing |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Buddhist priests |
ISBN | : 9780741434302 |
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This is the fascinating autobiography of the Venerable Lama Dudjom Dorjee. In it are entertaining tales of his Tibetan childhood, his escape from Tibet and his subsequent journey into lama-hood.
The Room on the Roof
Author | : Ruskin Bond |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2017-08-03 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780141386775 |
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The Room on the Roof is a timeless coming-of-age novel that will resonate with a whole new generation of readers. Written by renowned author Ruskin Bond when he was just seventeen, it is the story of Rusty, a teenage Anglo-Indian boy who is orphaned and has to live with his English guardian in the stifling European quarter of Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends into the dream-bright world of the bazaar, Hindu festivals and all manner of Indian life. Rusty is enthralled, and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the claustrophic European community.
Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest
Author | : Amos Oz |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2011-03-21 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780547576503 |
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“Oz conjures up a fairy story in which we may well recognize ourselves, our history and our nations . . . be prepared simply to be enchanted.” —The Guardian In a gray and gloomy village, all of the animals—from dogs and cats to fish and snails—disappeared years before. No one talks about it and no one knows why, though everyone agrees that the village has been cursed. But when two children see a fish—a tiny one and just for a second—they become determined to unravel the mystery of where the animals have gone. And so they travel into the depths of the forest with that mission in mind, terrified and hopeful about what they may encounter. From the internationally bestselling author Amos Oz, this is a hauntingly beautiful fable for both children and adults about tolerance, loneliness, denial, and remembrance. “In this swiftly moving fable, Oz creates palpable tension with a repetitive, almost hypnotic rhythm and lyrical language that twists a discussion-provoking morality tale into something much more enchanting.” —Booklist “Short, poetic, and haunting, the book operates on a plane of mystery somewhere between fable and fairy tale . . . The great beauty of this story is the rhythm and clarity of its evocative language.” —New York Journal of Books “From the whispered tales of a local monster to the brash, spunky heroes on a quest, internationally acclaimed Israeli author Oz litters his story with fairy-tale tropes that give this narrative a fable-like quality; the atmosphere is intriguingly secretive and shadowed, but the prose is measured and accessible and the length manageable.” —The Bulletin