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Fantasy Series
Being Human
Books set in China
Boxers
by
Gene Luen Yang
Call Number: C YAN
ISBN: 9781596433595
Publication Date: 2013
Bronze and sunflower
by
Cao Wenxuan
Call Number: F C235w BRO
ISBN: 9781406348460
Publication Date: 2015
The Crystal Ribbon
by
Celeste Lim
Call Number: F L732c CRY
ISBN: 9780545767033
Publication Date: 2017
Dragonkeeper
by
Carole Wilkinson
Call Number: F W686c DRA Bk1
ISBN: 9780330441094
Publication Date: 2006
The Examination
by
Malcolm Bosse
Call Number: F B745m EXA
ISBN: 9780374422233
Publication Date: 1996
Garden of the purple dragon
by
Carole Wilkinson
Call Number: F W686c DRA Bk2
ISBN: 1876372656
Publication Date: 2005
The Golden Rat
by
Don Wulffson
Call Number: F W961d GOL
ISBN: 9781599900001
Publication Date: 2007
Monkey
by
Wu Cheng'en
Call Number: F W959c MON
ISBN: 0141024941
Publication Date: 2006
Nanjing : the Burning City
by
Ethan Young
Call Number: C YOU
ISBN: 9781616557522
Publication Date: 2015
Red Butterfly
by
A. L. Sonnichsen
Call Number: F SO699a RED
ISBN: 9781481411097
Publication Date: 2015
Saints
by
Gene Luen Yang
Call Number: C YAN
ISBN: 9781596436893
Publication Date: 2013
Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier
by
Ying Chang Compestine; Vinson Compestine
Call Number: F C737y SEC
ISBN: 9781419705403
Publication Date: 2014
The Serpent's Children
by
Laurence Yep
Call Number: F Y47l SER
ISBN: 0064406458
Publication Date: 2001
Ties that bind, ties that break
by
Lensey Namioka
Call Number: F N174l TIE
ISBN: 0141317159
Publication Date: 2003
Tofu Quilt
by
Ching Yeung Russell
Call Number: F R961c TOF
ISBN: 9781600604232
Publication Date: 2009
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Call Number: F L673e YOU
ISBN: 9780312380076
Publication Date: 2008
The Middle East
The Green Bicycle
by
Haifaa Al Mansour
Call Number: F AL445h GRE
ISBN: 9780147515032
Publication Date: 2016
Alif the Unseen
by
G. Willow Wilson
Call Number: F W747g ALI
ISBN: 9780802121226
Publication Date: 2013
Rolling Blackouts
by
Sarah Glidden
Call Number: C GLI
ISBN: 9781770462557
Publication Date: 2016
The Desert of Souls
by
Howard Andrew Jones
Call Number: F J76h DES
ISBN: 9781250001993
Publication Date: 2012
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein
by
Jennifer Roy; Ali Fadhil
Call Number: F R888j PLA
ISBN: 9780544785076
Publication Date: 2018
A Game for Swallows
by
Zeina Abirached (Illustrator)
Call Number: C ABI
ISBN: 9780761385684
Publication Date: 2012
I Remember Beirut
by
Zeina Abirached (Illustrator)
Call Number: C ABI
ISBN: 9781467738224
Publication Date: 2014
The Complete Persepolis
by
Marjane Satrapi
Call Number: C SAT
ISBN: 9780375714832
Publication Date: 2007
Israel / Palestine
Tasting the Sky
by
Ibtisam Barakat
Call Number: F B224i TAS
ISBN: 9780374357337
Publication Date: 2007
The Shepherd's Granddaughter
by
Anne Laurel Carter; Carter A. Laurel
Call Number: F C323a SHE
ISBN: 9780888999030
Publication Date: 2010
Books set in Japan
Across the Nightingale Floor
by
Lian Hearn
Call Number: F H436l TAL Bk 1
ISBN: 9781573223324
Publication Date: 2002
After the Quake
by
Haruki Murakami
Call Number: F M972h AFT
ISBN: 0375713271
Publication Date: 2003
The Awakening
by
Donald Lemke
Call Number: EAL 250
ISBN: 9781434234438
Publication Date: 2011
The Bamboo Sword
by
Margi Preus
Call Number: F P943m BAM
ISBN: 9781419708077
Publication Date: 2015
The Boy and the Samurai
by
Erik Christian Haugaard
Call Number: F H371e BOY
ISBN: 9780618615117
Publication Date: 2005
The Elephant Vanishes
by
Haruki Murakami
Call Number: F M972h ELE
ISBN: 9780679750536
Publication Date: 1994
Ichiro
by
Ryan Inzana
Call Number: C INZ
ISBN: 9780547617893
Publication Date: 2014
J-Boys
by
Shogo Oketani
Call Number: F OK41s JBO
ISBN: 9781933330921
Publication Date: 2011
Jet Black and the Ninja Wind
by
Leza Lowitz; Shogo Oketani
Call Number: F L918l JET
ISBN: 9784805312841
Publication Date: 2013
Naomi: the Strawberry Blonde of Pippu Town
by
Karmel Schreyer
Call Number: F SCH379k NAO
ISBN: 1894283058
Publication Date: 2001
Orchards
by
Holly Thompson
Call Number: F T468h ORC
ISBN: 9780385739788
Publication Date: 2012
Tokyo Heist
by
Diana Renn
Call Number: F R414d TOK
ISBN: 9780142426548
Publication Date: 2013
Books set in India
A Beautiful Lie
by
Irfan Master
Call Number: F M423i BEA
ISBN: 9780807505977
Publication Date: 2012
Bombay Blues
by
Tanuja Desai Hidier
Call Number: F D441t BOM
ISBN: 9780545384780
Publication Date: 2014
Climbing the Stairs
by
Padma Venkatraman
Call Number: F V461p CLI
ISBN: 9780142414903
Publication Date: 2010
Homeless Bird
by
Gloria Whelan
Call Number: F W566g HOM
ISBN: 0329249045
Publication Date: 2001
Indian Summer
by
Pratima Mitchell
Call Number: F M681p IND
ISBN: 9781406308174
Publication Date: 2009
Keeping Corner
by
Kashmira Sheth
Call Number: F SH554k KEE
ISBN: 9780786838608
Publication Date: 2009
A Moment Comes
by
Jennifer Bradbury
Call Number: F B798j MOM
ISBN: 9781416978763
Publication Date: 2013
The Night Diary
by
Veera Hiranandani
ISBN: 9780735228511
Publication Date: 2018
A Passage to India
by
E.M. Forster
Call Number: F F733e PAS
ISBN: 9780241214992
Publication Date: 1979
Secret Keeper
by
Mitali Perkins
Call Number: F P448m SEC
ISBN: 9780440239550
Publication Date: 2010
The Tiffin
by
Mahtab Narsimhan
Call Number: F N235m TIF
ISBN: 9781770860391
Publication Date: 2016
Ireland
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by
Roddy Doyle
Call Number: F D754r PAD
ISBN: 0435124315
Publication Date: 1995
Scotland
Whispers in the Graveyard
by
Theresa Breslin
Call Number: F B842t WHI
ISBN: 9781405281812
Publication Date: 2016
South Africa
Journey to Jo'Burg
by
Beverley Naidoo
Call Number: F N155b JOU
ISBN: 0582254027
Publication Date: 1995
Many Stones
by
Carolyn Coman
Call Number: F C728c MAN
ISBN: 1886910553
Publication Date: 2000
Waiting for the Rain
by
Sheila Gordon
Call Number: F G662s WAI
ISBN: 9780003300567
Publication Date: 1989
Books set in Korea
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness
by
Kyung-Sook Shin; Ha-Yun Jung
Call Number: F SH556k GIR
ISBN: 9781681772370
Publication Date: 2016
The Kite Fighters
by
Linda Sue Park
Call Number: F P235l KIT
ISBN: 9780547328638
Publication Date: 2010
Pachinko
by
Min Jin Lee
Call Number: F L477M PAC
ISBN: 9781455563920
Publication Date: 2017
Please Look after Mom
by
Kyung-sook Shin
Call Number: F SH556k PLE
ISBN: 9780307739513
Publication Date: 2012
Seesaw Girl
by
Linda Sue Park
Call Number: F P235l SEE
ISBN: 9780547248882
Publication Date: 2009
A Single Shard
by
Linda Sue Park
Call Number: F P235l SIN
ISBN: 9780192719584
Publication Date: 2001
When My Name Was Keoko
by
Linda Sue Park
Call Number: F P235l WHE
ISBN: 9780547722399
Publication Date: 2012
Year of Impossible Goodbyes
by
Sook Nyul Choi
Call Number: F C545s YEA
ISBN: 0440407591
Publication Date: 1993
Books set in Australia
Does My Head Look Big in This?
by
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Call Number: F AB135r DOE
ISBN: 9780439922333
Publication Date: 2008
Everybody Jam
by
Ali Lewis
Call Number: F L672a EVE
ISBN: 9781849392488
Publication Date: 2011
Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli
by
Nadia Wheatley
Call Number: F W557n FIV
ISBN: 0733606164
Publication Date: 1997
The Ink Bridge
by
Neil Grant
Call Number: F G761n INK
ISBN: 9781742376691
Publication Date: 2013
Jellicoe Road
by
Melina Marchetta
Call Number: F M317m JEL
ISBN: 9780061431852
Publication Date: 2010
Looking for Alibrandi
by
Melina Marchetta
Call Number: F M317m LOO
ISBN: 0140360468
Publication Date: 1992
Night Train
by
Judith Clarke
Call Number: F C597j NIG
ISBN: 9781932425925
Publication Date: 2007
The Lines We Cross
by
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Call Number: F AB135r LIN
ISBN: 9781338282054
Publication Date: 2018
Seven Little Australians
by
Ethel Turner
Call Number: F T944e SEV
ISBN: 9781484992234
Publication Date: 2013
Afghanistan / Pakistan
Amal Unbound
by
Aisha Saeed
Call Number: F SA127a AMA
ISBN: 9780399544682
Publication Date: 2018
And the Mountains Echoed
by
Khaled Hosseini
Call Number: F H829k MOU
ISBN: 9781594631764
Publication Date: 2013
The Breadwinner
by
Deborah Ellis
Call Number: F EL47d BRE Bk 1
ISBN: 9780888994165
Publication Date: 2001
A Fort of Nine Towers
by
Qais Akbar Omar
Call Number: F OM54q FOR
ISBN: 9781250043658
Publication Date: 2014
Haveli
by
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Call Number: F ST794s SHA Bk2
ISBN: 9780679865698
Publication Date: 1995
The Ink Bridge
by
Neil Grant
Call Number: F G761n INK
ISBN: 9781742376691
Publication Date: 2013
The Kite Runner
by
Khaled Hosseini
Call Number: F H829k KIT
ISBN: 1594480001
Publication Date: 2004
Mud City
by
Deborah Ellis
Call Number: F EL47d BRE Bk 3
ISBN: 1554987733
Publication Date: 2015
My Name is Parvana
by
Deborah Ellis
Call Number: F EL47d BRE Bk 4
ISBN: 0192734040
Publication Date: 2013
Parvana's Journey
by
Deborah Ellis
Call Number: F EL47d BRE Bk 2
ISBN: 9780888995193
Publication Date: 2003
Shabanu
by
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Call Number: F ST794s SHA Bk1
ISBN: 0679810307
Publication Date: 1991
Shadow
by
Michael Morpurgo
Call Number: F M871m SHA
ISBN: 9780007339617
Publication Date: 2011
Wanting Mor
by
Rukhsana Khan
Call Number: F K45r WAN
ISBN: 9780888998620
Publication Date: 2010
Eastern Europe
Between Shades of Gray
by
Ruta Sepetys
Call Number: F SE479r BET
ISBN: 9780141335889
Publication Date: 2011
The Endless Steppe
by
Esther Hautzig
Call Number: F H382e END
ISBN: 006447027x
Publication Date: 1987
Once
by
Morris Gleitzman
Call Number: F G557m ONC Bk 1
ISBN: 014132063X
Publication Date: 2005
Schindler's List
by
Thomas Keneally
Call Number: F K33t SCH
ISBN: 0671880314
Publication Date: 1993
The Trumpeter of Krakow
by
Eric P. Kelly; Janina Domanska (Illustrator)
Call Number: F K29e TRU
ISBN: 9780689715716
Publication Date: 1992
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