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Multicultural
Literature for Adolescents:
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Karen
I. Adams, Dean
College of
Education and Behavioral Sciences
Western
Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
karen.adams@wku.edu
Pam
Petty
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Literacy
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
pam@pampetty.com
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ASIA |
 Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 169 pages (February 1993) Yearling Books; ISBN: 0440407591 |
 Polite Lies : On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures by Kyoko Mori Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction Paperback - 258 pages (April 1999) Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0449004287
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Red Scarf Girl : A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Li Jiang, David Henry Hwang Categories: Teens, Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Paperback - 285 pages (October 1998) HarperTrophy; ISBN: 0064462080 A 1998 Parents' Choice® Gold Award On-Line
Teaching Guide for Red Scarf Girl(includes interview with the author) |
April and the Dragon Ladyby Lensey Namioka Category: Children's Books Reading level:
Young Adult |
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Dream of Water : A Memoir by Kyoko Mori Categories: Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History Paperback (January 1996) Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0449910431 |
 Ties
That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka Category: Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Mass Market Paperback - 160 pages Reprint edition (December 2000) Laureleaf; ISBN: 0440415993 |
 Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori Categories: Teens, Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Mass Market Paperback Reissue edition (December 1995) Juniper; ISBN: 0449704335
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The Joy Luck Clubby Amy Tan Category: Literature & Fiction Mass Market Paperback - 337 pages (October 1994) Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804106304
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 One Bird by Kyoko Mori Category: Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Mass Market Paperback Reprint edition (November 1996) Juniper; ISBN: 044970453X |
The Kitchen God's Wifeby Amy Tan Category: Literature & Fiction Mass Market Paperback - 532 pages Reprint edition (June 1992) Ivy Books; ISBN: 080410753X
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The Friendsby Kazumi Yumoto, Cathy Hirano (Translator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 176 pages Reprint edition (June 1998) Yearling Books; ISBN: 0440414466 |
Necessary Roughness
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Latin America |
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their
Accents (Plume Contemporary Fiction)by Julia Alvarez Category: Literature & Fiction Paperback - 290 pages Reprint edition (June 1992) Plume; ISBN: 0452268060 |
My Friend the Painterby Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator), Christopher Delorenzo (Illustrator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback (October 1995) Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152008721
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Among the Volcanoesby Omar S. Castaneda Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback Reprint edition (January 2, 1993) Yearling Books; ISBN: 044040746X |
Standing Tall : The Stories of
Ten Hispanic Americansby Argentina Palacios Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 233 pages (December 1994) Scholastic Paperbacks; ISBN: 0590471406 |
An Island Like You : Stories of the Barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Judith Ortiz Cofer Category: Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Paperback (December 1996) Puffin; ISBN: 014038068X |
When I Was Puerto Ricanby Esmeralda Santiago Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, History Paperback - 274 pages (September 1994) Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679756760
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The Lady of Guadalupeby Tomie De Paola, Tomie dePaola Category: Children's
Books Paperback (December 1988) Holiday House; ISBN: 082340403X |
A Sunburned Prayerby Marc Talbert Categories: Teens, Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Paperback - 128 pages Reprint edition (March 1997) Aladdin Paperbacks; ISBN: 0689813260
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| Celebrating the Hero by Lyll Becerra De Jenkins ASIN: 0525673997 |
 Local
Newsby Gary Soto Reading level: Young Adult Mass Market Paperback (August 1994) Point; ISBN: 059048446X
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 Hermanas
/ Sistersby Gary Paulsen Reading level: Young
Adult
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 Baseball
in April and Other Storiesby Gary Soto Reading level: Ages 9-12
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Africa |
The Place of Lionsby Eric Campbell Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback (April 1995) Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152003711
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The Warm Placeby Nancy Farmer Category: Children's
Books Paperback Reprint edition (October 1996) Puffin; ISBN: 0140379568 |
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Leopard Song by Eric Campbell Category: Children's Books New York: Harcourt Brace, 1992. ISBN: 0152998063
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Chain of Fireby Beverley Naidoo, Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Paperback Reprint edition (January 1993) HarperTrophy; ISBN: 0064404684 |
The Ear, the Eye, and the Armby Nancy Farmer Categories: Teens,
Children's
Books Paperback - 311 pages Reprint edition (October 1995) Puffin; ISBN: 0140376410
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Journey to Jo'Burg : A South
African Storyby Beverley Naidoo, Eric Velasquez (Illustrator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 80 pages Reprint edition (June 1988) HarperTrophy; ISBN: 0064402371 Notable Children's Trade Books in Social Studies, Children’s Book
Author
Information |
A Girl Named Disasterby Nancy Farmer Category: Children's
Books Paperback - 309 pages Reprint edition (March 1998) Puffin; ISBN: 0140386351
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No Turning Back : A Novel of
South Africaby Beverley Naidoo Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 208 pages Reprint edition (January 1999) Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0064407497
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Shabanu : Daughter of the Windby Suzanne Fisher Staples Categories: Teens, Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Paperback - 240 pages Reprint edition (September 1991) Random House Childrens Pub; ISBN: 0679810307 |
 Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples Categories: Teens, Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover - 288 pages (April 2000) Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv); ISBN: 0374368244
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Haveliby Suzanne Fisher Staples Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback - 276 pages (June 1995) Random House Childrens Pub; ISBN: 0679865691 |
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Northern Ireland |
Children of 'the Troubles' : Our
Lives in the Cross-Fire of Northern Ireland by Laurel Holliday (Editor) Categories: Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, History Paperback - 384 pages (March 1998) Washington Square Pr; ISBN: 0671537385 |
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United States Multicultural |
Black Stars in Orbit : Nasa's African American Astronauts by Khephra Burns, William Miles (Contributor) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 School & Library Binding - 72 pages (January 1995) Gulliver Books; ISBN: 0152004327
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Color Me Dark : The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North,Chicago,Illinios, 1919 (Dear America) by Pat McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover - 218 pages (April 2000) Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590511599
On-Line
Discussion Guide for Color Me Dark
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 210 pages Reprint edition (October 1997) Bantam Books; ISBN: 0440414121
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Touching Spirit Bearby Ben Mikaelsen Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover - 241 pages 1 Ed edition (January 9, 2001) Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0380977443
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Rosa Lee : A Mother and Her Family in
Urban Americaby Leon Dash Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction Paperback - 288 pages (September 1997) Plume; ISBN: 0452278961 |
Baseball Saved Usby Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee (Illustrator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback Reprint edition (March 1995) Lee & Low Books; ISBN: 1880000199
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Having Our Say : The Delany Sisters'
First 100 Yearsby Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany (Contributor) Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History Hardcover (September 1993) Kodansha International; ISBN: 156836010X
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Light of the Feather : A Teacher's Journey into Native American Classrooms and Culture by Mick Fedullo Category: Nonfiction Paperback Reprint edition (October 1993) Anchor; ISBN: 038547136X
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The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams by Nasdijj Categories: Health, Mind & Body, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, History Hardcover - 224 pages (October 4, 2000) Houghton Mifflin Co (Trd); ISBN: 0618048928 |
Seedfolksby Paul Fleischman, Judy Pedersen (Illustrator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 69 pages (April 1999) Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0064472078
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Words With Wings : A Treasury of
African-American Poetry and Artby Belinda Rochelle (Compiler) Categories: Literature
& Fiction, Children's
Books Hardcover - 48 pages (December 26, 2000) Harpercollins Juvenile Books; ISBN: 0688164153 |
Billyby Albert French Category: Literature & Fiction Paperback Reprint edition (February 1995) Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140179089
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Category: Biographies
& Memoirs |
Mandela : From the Life of the South
African Statesmanby Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) Category: Children's
Books Paperback - 40 pages (February 2000) Puffin; ISBN: 0698118162 |
Categories: Biographies
& Memoirs, Nonfiction
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Amazing Grace : The Story of the Hymn by Linda Granfield, Janet Wilson (Illustrator) Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover - 32 pages (March 1997) Tundra Books; ISBN: 0887763898 |
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The People Could Fly : American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, Diane Dillon (Illustrator), Leo Dillon (Illustrator), James Earl Jones (Narrator) Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover - 192 pages Book & CD edition (October 2000) Random House (Juv); ISBN: 0375804714 |
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You Thisby Jacqueline Woodson Category: Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Mass Market Paperback Reprint edition (December 1995) Laureleaf; ISBN: 0440219604
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Who Belongs Here? : An American Story by Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator), Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'brien Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover - 40 pages (October 1993) Tilbury House Publishers; ISBN: 0884481107 |
From the Notebooks of
Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson Categories: Teens, Children's Books Reading level: Young Adult Mass Market Paperback - 160 pages Reprint edition (October 1997) Point; ISBN: 0590458817
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Stitching Stars : The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers by Mary E. Lyons Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback - 48 pages Reprint edition (December 1997) Aladdin Paperbacks; ISBN: 068981707X
On-Line
Author Profile
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 Lena by Jacqueline Woodson Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Mass Market Paperback - 28 pages Reprint edition (August 8, 2000) Laureleaf; ISBN: 0440226694
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Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal
Book)by Christopher Paul Curtis Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover - 245 pages (September 7, 1999) Delacorte Pr; ISBN: 0385323069
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Rattlebone
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Dangerous Skies |
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Sarajevo |
 Zlata's Diary : A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic, Christina Pribichevich-Zoric (Translator), Janine Di Giovanni (Introduction) Categories: Teens,
Children's
Books, History Paperback - 197 pages Reprint edition (February 1995) Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140242058 On-Line Chat with Zlata (transcript of chat) Understanding "Zlata's Diary"
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