Mindblind

Triple Trouble (mix)

Yellow Star

Times Squared (mix)

After Tomorrow

Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906

The Day of the Pelican

Petals in the Ashes

At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with thirty-four nations lead by the United States.

Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid’s view of life during war.

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Mindblind

Jennifer Roy, 2010

Triple Trouble (mix)

Jennifer Roy, Julia DeVillers, 2013

Yellow Star

Jennifer Roy, Tavia Gilbert, 2006

Times Squared (mix)

Jennifer Roy, Julia DeVillers, 2011

After Tomorrow

Gillian Cross, 2013

Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906

Deborah Hopkinson, 2006

The Day of the Pelican

Katherine Paterson, 2009

Petals in the Ashes

Mary Hooper, 2004