Year of No Rain by Alice Mead is a story of children and civil war. So right away you know it’s a sad book. But yet it’s one of hope, determination and optimism.
Eleven-year-old Stephen Majok lives in a small Sudanese village. When he is not playing with his friends he tends his family’s two cows. [...]
I have a fascination with anything set around World War II and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr continues that theme for me. Published in 1971, it is a semi-autobiographical novel of nine-year-old Anna and her family. Set just as Hitler comes to power in 1933, Anna’s father has campaigned against the Nazi [...]
Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry was a beautiful book about ranching, religion, faith, military families, and the Iraq war. Quite the combo there but it all fits together in such a way that the book is entirely moving and powerful but yet very quiet. It had me slowing down while reading it and [...]
Oh my. This is my type of book. All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg and I were made for each other. And had it not been for the Cybils, this middle grade free verse novel might have flown under my radar (despite that I now see the reviews for it – all of which [...]
After reviewing three books this week about Sudan, I conclude with one last picture book: My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed and illustrated by Catherine Stock. Sangoel, his mother and his little sister are all refugee’s from Sudan. His father died in the war and their home destroyed. He doesn’t [...]
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