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THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC
Jane Yolen
New York: Viking, 1988
ISBN 978-0670810277
+ 15
During a Passover Seder in her
grandparent’s apartment in
the Bronx, Hannah, a 12 yearold
girl, makes a surreal trip to
a small village in Poland in the
year 1942, to live the horror of
the Holocaust. When Hannah
returns from the past, she
understands her family Jews’ rituals and their need of
remembering.
HABIBI
Naomi Shihab Nye
New York: Simon Pulse; Reissue
edition, 1999
ISBN 978-0689825231
+ 12
Liyana Abboud, a fourteenyear
old girl, moves with her
family from St. Louis,
Missouri to Jerusalem,
facing the challenge of living
between two different
cultures, the Anglo-Saxon
and the Muslin Palestinian.
Meeting Sitti, her Palestinian grandmother and listening
to her marvelous stories, help the reluctant half
American girl to connect with her Arabian heritage.
GLASS SLIPPER, GOLD SANDAL
LESS THAN HALF, MORE THAN THE WHOLE
Kathleen Lacapa, Michael Lacapa
Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1994
ISBN 978-0873585927
+ 0
Paul Fleischman; Julie Paschkis
(ill.)
New York: Henry Holt and
Company, 2007
ISBN 978-0-8050-7953-1
+ 6
The story of Cinderella
appears in folktales of many
cultures of the world. The
author takes elements from
seventeen different
countries and seamlessly
compiles them into one
story. The artist has chosen details from folk art and
textiles for the background of each panel. Carefully
placed labels help identify the countries in each spread.
Tony, a Native
American boy of
mixed heritage, is
troubled when his
friend, who is full
Indian, tells him he
is half or less than
half. Tony wonders
how he could be
less than half until
his grandfather
wisely explains he is like a colorful ear of corn; each
color forms a beautiful whole.
discovering and learning
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