The Big Wave
By: Pearl S. Buck
3.77
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing villa…
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1. The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam (Harper Trophy Book)
By: Huynh Quang Nhuong , Vo-Dinh Mai , Quang Nhuong Huynh
3.77
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of th… read more
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2. Red Sand Blue Sky
By: Cathy Applegate
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
At the center of Australia is a vast red desert known as the Outback. For twelve-year-old Amy from … read more
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3. Habibi
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi… read more
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4. Sweet and Sour: Tales from China
By: Carol Kendall , Yao-Wen Li
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Twenty-four unusual tales from various periods in Chinese history, some complex, others as brief as… read more
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5. Homesick: My Own Story
By: Margot Tomes , Jean Fritz
3.86
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jean Fritz's award-winning account of her life in China, an… read more
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6. Call It Courage
By: Armstrong Sperry
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Med… read more
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7. Breaking Stalin's Nose
By: Eugene Yelchin
3.84
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet You… read more
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8. The Kite Fighters
By: Linda Sue Park , Eung Won Park
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In Seoul, Korea, in 1473, Young-sup and his older brother Kee-sup are excited about the New Year ki… read more
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9. Li Lun, Lad of Courage
By: Kurt Wiese , Carolyn Treffinger
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the element… read more
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10. The Big Wave
By: Pearl S. Buck
3.77
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing villa… read more
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12. The Cat Who Went to Heaven
By: Lynd Ward , Elizabeth Coatsworth
3.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a little cat who came to the home of a poor Japanese artist, and, by humility … read more
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13. Rickshaw Girl
By: Mitali Perkins , Jamie Hogan
2.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naima excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to hel… read more
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14. King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
He was named "Sham" for the sun, this golden red stallion born in the Sultan of Morocco's stone sta… read more
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16. I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
By: Diane Lee Wilson
3.85
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Born on the Mongolian steppes during the reign of Kublai Khan, Oyuna's future seems decided when, a… read more
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17. The Master Puppeteer
By: Katherine Paterson , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Who is the man called Sabura, the mysterious bandit who robs the rich and helps the poor? And what … read more
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18. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
By: Ronald Himler , Eleanor Coerr
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the d… read more
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19. The Year of the Dog
By: Grace Lin
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
It's the Lunar Year of the Dog! When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, fam… read more
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20. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
By: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis , William Low
4.33
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
A classic Newbery Award winner, with an introduction by Katherine Paterson and new illustrations Wh… read more
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21. Ali and the Golden Eagle
By: Wayne Grover
3.78
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
When Wayne captures a baby golden eagle for his friend Ali, a young shepherd from the village of Ez… read more
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