Sorry I haven't replied until now. The Breadwinner trilogy: The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey, and Mud City, by Deborah Ellis (interest level 5-8) is an outstanding depiction of life in Afghanistan after the Taliban seizes power.
An unfortunately out-of-print title, Sun Inside Rain by M. Bassara, is a Jewish novel for teens and adults that skillfully addresses the issues of South African Apartheid. Clay Marble by Minfong Ho (IL 5-9) is a moving novel set in Cambodia during the late 1970s, and describes the realities of living in a refugee camp. Basya Karp, Librarian Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
