| Author | : Pamela Dean |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2003-10-13 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 144068443X |
The five cousins are still trapped in the Secret Country, and must play their parts. When the King is poisoned, Ted-Prince Edward-must take the throne, even though he has no idea how to rule a country, battle magic, or inspire followers. Soon enough he will have to do all three because the Country is on the verge of war with the treacherous Dragon King.
| Author | : Mandira Shah |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2022-01-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789354471063 |
Description Fifteen-year-old April lives in Imphal valley and has grown up learning to save herself from tear-gas shells and hearing stories about children disappearing. But when her best friend Henthoiba goes missing, she is determined to find him. April finds an unlikely ally in Shalini Gupta, her new schoolmate and the daughter of an army man recently posted in Imphal. With no real leads except for a bag with some of Henthoiba's belongings and sharp deduction and combat skills, the two set out to find him. As they get sucked into the investigation, they stumble upon a dangerous, unknown world-where children disappear and are trafficked and trained to be soldiers. A world where drugs, arms and gold are peddled across borders. Was Henthoiba abducted because he knew too much about this world? What awaits Shalini and April at the floating island on Loktak Lake where Henthoiba was last seen? Unflinching, tender and action-packed, Children of the Hidden Land is a story about two girls who overcome their prejudices to question their existing ideas about nation, friendship and ambition. Above all, it is a story of hope and courage.
| Author | : Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2002-06-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0689848072 |
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from Margaret Peterson Haddix. Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows—does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?
| Author | : Elizabeth Laird |
| Publisher | : Haymarket Books |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2016-02-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1608465837 |
A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that’s the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there’s constant danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States.
| Author | : Saul Mullard |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2011-11-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004208968 |
In this first monograph on the history of Sikkim, the author challenges traditional Sikkimese historiography to rigourous historical enquiry by comparing it to original seventeenth and eighteenth century sources and exposes the contradictions founds within traditional narrative traditions. This book highlights, not only, how and why traditional historiography was developed but also redefines contemporary knowledge of the history of Sikkimese state formation. The book touches on key themes such as Tibetan understandings of state, kingship and the role of Buddhism in justifying political administration as well as social stratification and the economy of pre-modern Sikkim. This book will undoubtedly prove useful to those working on the development of historical traditions and state entities in Tibet and the Himalaya.
| Author | : Dorje Dolma |
| Publisher | : Sentient+ORM |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2018-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1591812895 |
This unusual memoir of a spirited girl in the remote region of Nepal described in Peter Matthieson’s The Snow Leopard vividly portrays life in her primitive mountain village in the 80s, her struggles in bewildering Kathmandu, and her journey to America to receive life-saving surgery. An inspiring story of an indomitable spirit conquering all obstacles, a tale of a girl with a disability on her way to becoming a dynamic woman in a new world.
| Author | : Cheng Gu |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2019-09-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1000711005 |
"The Hidden Land" means that a large amount of land in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) was "hidden" or unknown, since the land was managed by both the administrative and the military systems, and only the former was made public while the latter was being hidden due to confidentiality issues. This is one of the author’s creative findings as a result of his solid textual research and rigorous argumentation. Since the Ming state management system had a great impact on the land, the population, the taxes and corvée, the imperial examinations, the justice, the grass-roots organizations and the frontier ethnics during the 500 years from Ming to Qing (1636–1912), the views on the garrisons and guards (weisuo) in the military system are of great help to review the essential issues of the period, which were often misunderstood or neglected before. In addition, the author introduces the present situation, existing problems and basic historical materials in the Ming study which will be beneficial to the Ming researchers and enthusiasts.
| Author | : Bebbie Hickman |
| Publisher | : Covenant Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 2022-05-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 163814558X |
With so many books currently on the market geared to our youth, Bebbie Hickman wanted to be a positive force for the Lord to counter the enormous number of reading materials that contain lewd and raw language while edifying the evil forces of the devil. With that in mind, God inspired Bebbie to write The Hidden Land of Youngsters in 1995. It started as a short story consisting of ten pages. Eventually, it got filed away in a drawer. Bebbie rediscovered its worth as a compass, pointing our children in the right direction. She allows her readers the pleasure of enjoying her books without fear of stumbling over curse words, sex themes, or evil influences. The Hidden Land of Youngsters is such a book with adventure, imagination, family ties, decisions to make, and, at the center of it all, a God-inspired message for young people to think on and draw strength from. Bebbie offers parents an alternative reading materials for their children as well as an outlet for children to use their imagination in a clean and fun way. At present, Bebbie is working on The Hidden Land of Youngsters series, focusing on her endearing characters as they face and triumph over evil by relying on God to fight their battles. Bebbie’s inspiration for writing The Hidden Land of Youngsters comes from her granddaughter Maddie and her three grandsons, Philip, Zeb, and Levi, who are portrayed as main characters in the book. Bebbie has a heart for the young people of our time, thus writing positive science fiction topics in book form for the sheer pleasure of her reading audience while instilling confidence in parents who select books authored by Bebbie Hickman.
| Author | : Jean M. Auel |
| Publisher | : Bantam |
| Total Pages | : 850 |
| Release | : 2011-03-29 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307886654 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this, the extraordinary conclusion of the ice-age epic series, Earth’s Children®, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte to a spiritual leader and begins arduous training tasks. Whatever obstacles she faces, Ayla finds inventive ways to lessen the difficulties of daily life, searching for wild edibles to make meals and experimenting with techniques to ease the long journeys the Zelandonii must take while honing her skills as a healer and a leader. And there are the Sacred Caves that Ayla’s mentor takes her to see. They are filled with remarkable paintings of mammoths, lions, and bears, and their mystical aura at times overwhelms Ayla. But all the time Ayla has spent in training rituals has caused Jondalar to drift away from her. The rituals themselves bring her close to death, but through them Ayla gains A Gift of Knowledge so important that it will change her world. BONUS: This edition contains a reading guide and an interview with Jean M. Auel. Sixth in the acclaimed Earth’s Children® series.
