The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States
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A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux HIST TEEN BONDOUX In the early 1990s, a boy with a mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a five-year journey across the war-torn Caucasus and Europe, weathering hardships and welcoming encounters with other refugees searching for a better life. Catalog Link |
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The Last Dragon by Silvana de Mari SF TEEN DE MARI Struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world after his village is destroyed, Yorsh, the earth’s last elf, must embark on a perilous quest to decipher a powerful prophecy and find the last dragon, who holds the key to saving the world from the Dark Age that has begun. Catalog Link |
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The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke TEEN FUNKE An exciting, magical adventure set among the crumbling canals and ancient ruins of Venice, Italy.Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious character who calls himself the “Thief Lord.” Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring of street children who dabble in petty crimes. Prosper and Bo relish being part of this colorful new family. But the Thief Lord has secrets of his own. And soon the boys are thrust into circumstances that will lead them, and readers, to a fantastic, spellbinding conclusion. Catalog Link |
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An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub HIST TEEN HOLUB A sixteen-year-old farmhand is tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic Wars by the farmer for whom he works, who secretly substitutes him for the farmer’s own son. Catalog Link |
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Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis SF TEEN MICHAELIS Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king. Catalog Link |
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The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat TEEN MOURLEVAT Loosely based on Charles Perrault’s “Tom Thumb,” seven brothers in modern-day France flee their poor parents’ farm, led by the youngest who, although mute and unusually small, is exceptionally wise. Catalog Link |
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Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev HIST TEEN ORLEV Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside. Catalog Link |
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Nothing by Janne Teller TEEN TELLER When thirteen-year-old Pierre Anthon leaves school to sit in a plum tree and train for becoming part of nothing, his seventh grade classmates set out on a desperate quest for the meaning of life. Catalog Link |
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The Lily Pond by Annika Thor HIST J THOR Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish refugee Stephie Steiner adapts to life in the cultured Swedish city of Gothenburg, where she attends school, falls in love, and worries about her parents who were not allowed to emigrate. Catalog Link |
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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi SF TEEN UEHASHI The wandering warrior Balsa is hired to protect Prince Chagum from both a mysterious monster and the prince’s father, the Mikado. Catalog Link |
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Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi SF TEEN UEHASHI The wandering female bodyguard Balsa returns to her native country of Kanbal, where she uncovers a conspiracy to frame her mentor and herself. Catalog Link |
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When I Was a Soldier by Valerie Zenatti 921 ZENATTI Like all young Israelis, Valérie Zenatti enlisted in the national defense service on her 18th birthday, where for the next two years she endured rigorous training and harsh living conditions, ultimately participating in top-secret missions with the secret service. Catalog Link |