COMING OF AGE Around the World - contemporary and historical books taking place in the country listed(* - not available in library)

AMERICAS - CARIBBEAN, LATIN, NORTH and SOUTH

ANTIGUA
Annie John /FIC KINCAID (148 p.)

BRAZIL
Journey to the River Sea /FIC IBBOTSON (336 p.)
Out of Many Waters / F GRE (companion to: One Foot Ashore) *

CARIBBEAN ISLAND area
My name is not Angelica / FIC ODELL (130 p.)

CANADA
Boy in the burning house / FIC WYNNE-JONES ( 213 p.)
In spite of killer bees / FIC JOHNSTON (253 p.)

CHILE

COLOMBIA
Honorable prison /FIC JENKINS (199 p.)

COSTA RICA

CUBA
Flight to Freedom / FIC VECIANA-SUAREZ (213 p.)
Sugar Island /FIC LAMAZARES (224 p.)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Before we were free / FIC ALVAREZ (167 p.)
Color of my words / FIC LYNNE (138 p.) [gr. 3-6]
In the time of the butterflies / FIC ALVAREZ (324 p.)

ECUADOR
Fate of the Yellow Woodbee /FIC JACKSON (138 p.)

EL SAVADOR
Grab hands and run /FIC TEMPLE (165 p.) [5.5RL]

JAMAICA
Jacob ladder / FIC HAUSMAN (120 p.)

GUATAMALA
Among the volcanoes / FIC CASTANEDA (183 p.)
Colibri / FIC CAMERON (227 p.)
Red Midnight / FIC MIKAELSON (212 p.)
Taste of salt / FIC TEMPLE (179 p.)
Tonight by sea / FIC TEMPLE (152 p.) [5.2 RL]
Tree girl FIC MIKAELSON (225 p.)

MEXICO
The Black Pearl /FIC ODELL (140 p.)
Daughter of Magruda / FIC WOOD (162 p.)[RL 5.2]
My heart lies south: story of my Mexican marriage / 872 De TREVION (228 p.)
The pearl /FIC STEINBECK (118 p.)
Shark Beneath the Reef / FIC GEORGE (182 p.)
Sparrow Hawk Red / FIC MIKAELSON (158 p.)
Unfinished portrait of Jessica / FIC PECK (162 p.)

PERU
Go and come back /FIC ABELOVE (177 p.)

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
Play to the angel FIC DAHLBERG (185 p. )
Star of Kazan FIC IBBOTSON (405 p.)

BOSNIA
Under the sun/ FIC DORRIS (229 p.)
Zlata's Diary: a child's life in Sarajevo / 949.742 FILIPOVICH (200 p.)

CROATIA
Under the sun/ FIC DORRIS (229 p.)

CZECH REPUBLIC
Torn thread /FIC ISAACS (188 p.) [5.0 RL]

DENMARK
Number The Stars /FIC LOWRY (137 p.)

ENGLAND
At her majesty's request / 941.08 BONE (146 p.)
Fire Eaters / FIC ALMOND (218 p.)
Indigo's star / FIC McKAY (256 p.)
Kit's wilderness / FIC ALMOND (229 p.)
Little Soldier / FIC ASHLEY (230 p.)
Lord of the Nutcracker men / FIC LAWRENCE (212 p.)
Private Peaceful / FIC MORPURGO (202 p.)
Smack / FIC BURGESS (293 p.)
Smiling for strangers / HICYILMAZ (152 p.) also Yugoslavia*
Tightrope /FIC CROSS (216 p.)

FRANCE
The avion my uncle flew /FIC FISHER (249 p.)
Spider’s voice / FIC SKURZYNSKI (200 p.)
Zazoo / FIC MOSHER (248 p.)

GERMANY
Freya on the wall / FIC DEGEN (281 p.)
The number devil / FIC ENZENSBERGER (262 p.)
Walk in the dark streets / BAUER (279 p.) sequel to A frost in the night

GREECE
Worlds apart / FIC BAER (135 p.)

HOLLAND
Anne Frank: diary of a young girl / 940.53 FRANK
Postcards from No Man's Land / FIC CHAMBERS (312 p.)

ICELAND
The fated sky / FIC BRANFORD (160 p.) [Viking]*

IRELAND
Angela’s Ashes / 941.5 McCOURT (363 p.)
Beyond the western sea / FIC AVI (325 p.)
Blue Horse / CONLON-McKENNA *
Francie on the run / FIC VAN STOCKUM (293 p.)
Nory Ryan's song /FIC GIFF (148 p.) and Maggie's door (158 p.)
Over the water / FIC CASEY (246 p.)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha / FIC DOY (282 p.)

ITALY
Daughter of Venice /FIC NAPOLI (275 p.)
Three days /FIC NAPOLI (151 p.)

NETHERLANDS
Anne Frank: diary of a young girl / 940.53 FRANK
Postcards from No Man's Land / FIC CHAMBERS (312 p.)

POLAND
Along the tracks /940.53 BERGMAN (245 p.)
Aniela Kaminiski's story / FIC PASTORE ( 182 p.)
Devil's Arithmetic / FIC YOLEN (170 p.)
Maus: a survivor's tale / 940.53 SPI
Maus II: and here my troubles begin / 940.53 SPI
Milkweed / FIC SPINELLI (208 p.)
Torn thread /FIC ISAACS (188 p.)
Tumpeter of Krakow /FIC KELLY (208 p.)

RUSSIA
Angel on the square /FIC WHELAN (293 p.)
Endless Steppe / F HAUTZIG (243 p.) *
Hostage to war: a true story / 940.53 WASSILJEWA (188 p.)
The impossible journey / FIC WHELAN (248 p.)
Letters from Rifka / FIC HESSE (148 p.)
Sworn Enemies / FIC MATAS *
Future Perfect/ FIC CORBETT (212 p.)

YUGOSLAVIA
Zlata's Diary: a child's life in Sarajevo /949.742 FILIPOVICH

MIDDLE EAST

AFGHANISTAN
The breadwinner / FIC ELLIS (170 p.)
Parvana’s journey /FIC ELLIS (199 p.)
Mud City / FIC ELLIS (164 p.)
Under the persimmon tress / FIC STAPLES (275 p.)
Zoya's Story /958.104 ZOYA (235 p.)

ARMENIA
Forgotten Fire / FIC BAGDASARIAN (273 p.)
Road from home / 973.04919 KHERDIAN (238 p.)

IRAN

IRAQ
Kiss the dust / FIC LAIRD (278 p.)
Summer 1990 /ALSHALABI (138 p.)*

ISRAEL
Flying lessons / SEMEL (120 p.) *
Habibi /FIC NYE (256 p.)
Real time / FIC KASS (186 p.)
Samir and Yonatan / FIC CARMI (186 p.)

PAKISTAN
Iqbal: a novel FIC D'AMADO (120 p.) [RL 5.5}
Shabanu: Daughter of The Wind /FIC STAPLES (240 p.)
Haveli / FIC STAPLES (sequel to: Shabanu) (264 p.)

PALESTINE/ISRAEL
The Bronze Bow / FIC SPEARE (255 p.)
Habibi / FIC NYE (259 p.)
One More River /FIC BANKS (248 p.)
A stone in my hand /FIC CLINTON (191 p.)

SAUDI ARABIA
Ali and the golden eagle / GROVER (150 p.) *
Summer 1990 / FIRYAL ALSHALABI (138 p.) *

TURKEY
Against the storm /FIC HICYILMAZ (200 p.)

• award lists of children's books (Batchelder, Newbery, Whitbread, etc.)
• the reading list for the 7th grade country reports from Mrs. Willette
• The World through Children's books, ed. by Susan Stan c2002
• Children's books from other countries, ed. by Carl Tomlinson c1998
• World Fiction -
  http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/madison/Library/LibHomeIndex.htm
• Fiction around the world - Teen WebSmart
• Teen world Fiction - Novi PL
• World Fiction - Framinghma PL