Angie W's readers to go along with Sonlight-5

These are the books I had my 11yo read in addition to the SL5 
readers. It's not as comprehensive as the list that Rose posted, 
http://www.sonlight-forums.com/showthread.php?postid=125231#poststop, 
but a lot of the books that she listed weren't available at my library. 

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Zia (O'Dell) - This is a sequel to Island of the Blue Dolphins. 

Stowaway (Hesse) - This is an excellent book. I had a lot of fun with 
   it. It tells a fictional story about a boy who stows away on Capt. 
   Cook's voyage around the world. Although it is a fictional story, it 
   covers all the facts of the voyage. We watched a documentary about 
   Capt. Cook and were surprised at how much of the book was real. 

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Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (Hoobler) - This is NOT a ghost story. A 
   merchant's son tries to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel. This 
   was a great book. 

So Far from the Bamboo Grove (Watkins) A fictionalized autobio- 
   graphical account of the author's flight from Korea to Japan at 
   the end of WWII. 

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Wrede) This is an excellent series 
   of four books combined in one volume. My oldest and I have both 
   read it and my younger two have listened to the books on tape many 
   many many times now. This was a just-for-fun addition to the readers. 

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen (Alexander) This is a fantasy 
   novel, but the culture is Asian. My dd enjoyed it. I don't usually 
   care much for Lloyd Alexander. 

Spring Pearl (Yep) This is a Girls of Many Lands book. After Spring 
   Pearl's parents die, she goes to live with another family. Set 
   during the Opium Wars. I had never heard of the Opium Wars before 
   reading this book. 

Kite Rider (McCaughrean) A boy in 1800's China rides kites for money. 
   This was an excellent book. 

Tales of a Chinese Grandmother (Carpenter) Very similar to Tales of 
   a Korean Grandmother, just set in a different culture. 

Eragon (Paolini) My dd read this just for fun and actually got to 
   meet the author at a book-signing. 

I Rode a Horse of Milk-white Jade (Wilson) Oyuna takes her brother's 
   place in the army for Kublai Khan. The story is very similar to 
   Mulan. 

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Leo Tolstoy's Collected Short Stories (Tolstoy) Very readable 
   collection of short stories. 

Anastasia's Album (Brewster) This is a scrapbook version of 
   Anastasia's life. Very well done. 

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Water Buffalo Days (Huynh) I had my dd read this in addition to 
   The Land I Lost by the same author. 

The Clay Marble (Ho) A 12yo girl gets separated from her family in 
   a refugee camp in Cambodia. 

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The Jungle Book I (Kipling) Everybody needs to know these stories. 

Neela (Divakaruni) Girls of Many Lands series. 12yo Neela tries to 
   find her father after he disappears during a demonstration against 
   the British occupation. 

Homeless Bird (Whelan) 13yo Koly suffers through a bad arranged 
   marriage and then must try to put her life back together. 

Leyla (Croutier) Girls of Many Lands series. Leyla tries to help 
   her family and ends up as a harem slave in Turkey. 

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Safari Journal (Talbott) This is mainly for fun, but does have 
   some African cultural information. 

Thunder Cave (Smith) This was an excellent book, but does have 
   some Masai spiritual content so you will probably want to 
   pre-read this one. After his mother's accidental death, 14yo 
   Jacob travels to Kenya to find his father who is hiding out in 
   the bush trying to keep poachers from getting to the elephant 
   herd he's been studying.