Hi! Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez (last days of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic) The Endless Steppe, Esther Hautzig (true story; exile to Siberia during World War II) A Step From Heaven, An Na (emigrating from Korea to the U.S.)
Of course, most young adult literature deals with change of one sort or another. "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass, for example, is a coming of age novel in which a catalyzing event is the diagnosis of synesthesia in Mia, the protagonist, which entirely changes how she sees herself. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
