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1) The survivor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unearthing the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior in Southeast Asia, archeologist Riley Smith and Eve Duncan seek answers about this extraordinary past life, leading Riley to make a discovery that will change history--if she can survive long enough to share it with the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Based on a classic fairy tale, Dashti a maid, and Lady Saren her mistress, have been imprisoned in a tower for seven years because Saren refuses to marry a man she despises. But when two new suitors appear both young women face real hope or else the possibility of life-threatening danger.
4) Tigers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about tigers, including where they live, what they are like, how they behave, what they eat, how they raise young, and the things that threaten them as a species.
5) Asia
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the history and geography of Asia, including the countries located there, climate, natural resources, economy, and more! Includes landmark and animal profile special features"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible individualist and iconoclast. In May 2002, Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract to enlist in the United States Army. He was deeply troubled by 9/11, and he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in southeastern Afghanistan. Though...
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
8) Magical East
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Discusses important sites located in the East where archaeologists have learned about ancient civilizations.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption....
12) The world book
Author
Publisher
Welbeck Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Continent by continent, learn about every country that exists today with a map, flag, statistics, key facts, and a little bit of history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This unique dinosaur title will take readers to the continent of Asia to discover some rock formations that held important dinosaur discoveries. Readers will learn about each dinosaur, from when it lived to what it ate, and other cool facts! Complete with great photographs and page explaining the different dino groups!"
Author
Series
Monstress volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Set in an alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, Monstress tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, a teenage survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and their hated enemies, the Arcanics. In the face of oppression and terrible danger, Maika is both hunter and hunted, searching for answers about her mysterious past as those who seek to use her remain just one step behind ... and all the while, the monster within begins to awaken...
Author
Series
Publisher
Peace Hill Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Who was the Sun King? How did samurai become sumo wrestlers? what was the Black Hole of Calcutta? And why was a California town named Ground Hog Glory. Volume 3: Early Modern Times is the third of a four volume series and covers the major historical events in the years 1600 to 1850, as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture.
18) Shanghai Knights
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003.
Language
English
Description
Chon Wang attempts to avenge his fathers death.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child, he had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, with whom he traversed India and China learning multiple languages as he went. His arrival in Kyoto, however, literally caused a riot. Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before, and many of them saw him as the embodiment of the black-skinned...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
From Sumatra to East Timor and beyond, An Empire of the East is a fascinating look at a rapidly changing island nation In An Empire of the East, renowned travel essayist Norman Lewis takes readers to Indonesia, where some thirteen thousand islands in the South Pacific are each colored with their own unique cultures and histories. With more than three hundred ethnic groups speaking two hundred fifty languages, the warmth and generosity of the island...