Tag: warrior
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Warrior Princess: the Story of Khutulun
by Sally Deng This picture book biography about the story of Khutulun is amazing. I truly love the art showing Khutulun wrestling with her brothers and other warriors. The horses and riders seem to flow along the pages and I would have been thrilled to have seen this book when I was a child.
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Things Fall Apart
By Chinua Achebe Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Anchor Books, c1959, 1994 Genre: General fiction, historical fiction ISBN: 9780385474542 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 209 Setting: Umuofia & Mbanta, Africa (now Nigeria) Time period: Not stated – the transitional period between traditional village life and colonization (1890’s) Plot summary: Okonkwo tries to live a…
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The Exile: an Outlander Graphic Novel
By Diana Gabaldon; illustrated by Hoang Nguyen Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Del Rey, 2010 Genre: Historical fiction, fantasy, adventure, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, romance Format: Graphic novel Series: Outlander Graphic Novels; 1 ISBN: 9780345505385 Audience: Adult Number of pages: Unpaginated Setting: Scotland Time period: 1743 Plot summary: Young Jaime Fraser returns to…
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Warriors Don’t Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High
By Melba Pattillo Beals Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Simon Pulse, c1995, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography, memoir ISBN: 9781416948827 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Little Rock, Arkansas Time period: 1950’s – most of the story takes place during the school year of 1957-58 (includes an epilogue from 1987 and an…
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The Highlander’s Touch
By Karen Marie Moning Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dell, c2000, 2007 Genres: Romance, paranormal romance, fantasy, time travel fantasy, historical fiction Series: The Highlander romances; 3 ISBN: 9780440236528 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 356 Setting: Cincinnati, Ohio and Scotland Time period: Contemporary and 1314 Plot summary: Lisa Stone works two jobs to…
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Dragonfly in Amber
By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dell Pub., 1993, c1992 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Series: Outlander series; 2 ISBN: 0440215625 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 743 Settings: Scotland and Paris Time periods: 1744-45 and 1968 Plot summary: In 1968, Claire Randall and her daughter, Brianna,…
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Outlander
By Diana Gabaldon, narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, 1997 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, time travel fantasy, romance Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander series; 1 ISBN:9781419359682 Intended audience: Adults Number of discs: 28 (32 hr., 30 min.) Setting: Scotland Time periods: 1945 and 1743-44 Plot summary: In…
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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
By Nahoko Uehashi [translated by Cathy Hirano] Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu Place: Publisher, Year: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction ISBN: 9780545005425, 0545005426 Series: Moribito; 1 Intended audience: Tweens, young adults Number of pages: 248+ Setting: Reminiscent of ancient Japan Time period: Medieval time period Plot summary: As…
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