The Blind Wish (Jinni Wars, #2) (People of the Lamp)
by Amber Lough
Two sisters. A war. And the wish to end regret. The sisters: Najwa and Zayele have just learned they’re half-jinni, half-human twins. Najwa chooses life in the human palace, working for peace . . . and hoping for more time alone with the prince. Zayele discovers she’s one of the most powerful jinn of all—a magus. Suddenly, the strongest young men in the army are competing to be paired up with her. The war: The lies that started it all are out in the open now, but the war between the huma...
The Bronze Dagger and The Stolen Jewels (Ancient Elements, #1)
by Marie Sontag
The first in a magical new middle grade series from a rising star author, perfect for fans of Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Michelle Harrison. Inspired by The Arabian Nights. The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass... Twelve year old Amira has only ever known a life at sea with her sea-witch mothers. So when their ship is wrecked in a great storm,...
How far do you have to journey to become a king? the people call Prince Narmer 'the Golden One' - a boy with the brightest future ahead of him. Handsome and talented, he is destined to be King of thinis, the greatest town in Egypt and, for Narmer, the centre of the world. then his whole life changes overnight. A devastating accident forces him to give up his right to the throne and sends him journeying across the ancient Middle East with the mysterious trader, the crippled Nitho and a tamed wil...
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (Delilah Dirk)
by Tony Cliff
Join troublemaker Delilah Dirk for a headlong plunge into adventure! Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has travelled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she's picked up on the way, Delilah's adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. With the aid of her flying boat and her newfound friend, Selim, she evades the Sultan's guards, leaves angry pirates in the dust, and fights he...
"A family explores the city of Jerusalem on the eve of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem. Their guides take them outside the city, underground to see buried portions of the Western Wall, and to a sifting project and teach them the history of the holiday"--Provided by publisher.
Three teenagers living in Camelot are forced to undertake a dangerous mission when King Arthur's court falls under a mysterious enchantment on the eve of the quest for the Holy Grail.
Readers aged 8-10 will be swept up by the parallel stories of two girls with surprisingly similar problems even though they are separated by 2,000 years. When Becca Goldstein's parents drag her to an archeological site in Israel as part of a family vacation, she did not expect to to become famous in the archeology community. Nor did she expect to discover a connection to another girl her age who had lived on the same site 2,000 years earlier. Told in alternating chapters, this is the story of...
Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God (Jake Atlas)
by Rob Lloyd Jones
TREASURE HUNTER, TOMB ROBBER, TROUBLE MAKERJake Atlas and his family are on the run, hunted by international police while chasing the mysterious People of the Snake to stop them from hiding the secret history of humankind. But when the family’s friend, Sami, is poisoned, the People of the Snake force the Atlases to work for them in exchange for a cure. Their mission: to locate a legendary lost city and the tomb of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl in the jungles of Honduras – home to bandits, big cats,...
The story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye. It’s 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have always tied her family to the land, as Oraib learns from the stories Mama tells of a home before war. But war...
The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah - An Afghan Legend / De wijsheid van Ahmed Shah - een Afghaanse legende (Teaching Stories)
by Palwasha Bazger Salam
The Heart Of A Child Fish Bait The Story Of Jonah
by Regina Anneler and Nikolett Anneler
“A charming, modern Purim story that rekindles the wondrous legacy of Persian Jewry.”—Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles Raya can't be in the Purim play this year--Purim will be no fun at all! But her grandmother, Maman joon, shares with Raya her sparkly scarves and Persian traditions. Together they discover how to make their American Purim uniquely Persian, delicious, and fun.
The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah -- La sagesse d'Ahmad Shah (Hoopoe Teaching-Stories)
by Palwasha Bazger Salam
Born in Afghanistan in the thirteenth century, Rumi settled in Turkey and became a great mystical poet. From a holy man, Shamsuddin, Rumi learned to listen for the sacred sound of God within himself. When his creative spirit was awakened, he recited more than 50,000 rhymed couplets. He also wrote about the love that resides in the soul of everyone, regardless of religion or background. He founded the order of the whirling dervishes, who believed their spinning dances put them in touch with God a...