From: Nancy Bo Flood <wflood_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:55:29 -0700

I am excited to see this compilation grow as a resource. For older readers please note two books by Jessica L. Powers: The Confessional, a novel f or young adults that explores racial tension and violence on the U.S.-Mexic o Border, and This Thing Called the Future, a coming-of-age novel set i n post-apartheid, AIDS-ravaged South Africa.

Jessica Powers is the creator of a new website that highlights books and au thors writing for children about social justice topics and issues: www.the piratetree.com

Another resource that describes new books with global awareness for middle- grade readers: Beyond Boundaries section of www.readerkidz.com.

Again, thank you,

Nancy Bo Flood

Warriors in the Crossfire ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsBooklist Editor's Choice: Top Ten Historical NovelsNotable Books for a Global Socie ty No Name Baby new this fall, 2011, namelosRide the Navajo Rodeo, photo graphs by Jan Sonnenmair, BoydsMills, 2012

Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:07:05 -0700 From: Mary.Palmer_at_spl.org Subject: RE:
 Global Reading To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu

The Seattle Public Library's Global Reading Challenge program for 4th and 5th graders has a list of chapter books used each year in the program. The se titles represent a diversity of backgrounds--some taking place in the US A and others in other parts of the world.

1996-2010 (scroll down to see the lists) r-children
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