Download or read book Teacher s Guide for Zari Girl of Ancient Persia written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complementary resource for the historical fiction novel, this guide is for experienced teachers of tweens age 10-12. Learn more about the history, geography, culture, religion, lifestyle, heroes, government, language, alphabet, writings, art, and music of this place and time. Guides include age-appropriate curriculum elements such as historical reading material, worksheets, writing projects, puzzles, arts & crafts, tests and timeline events.

Download or read book Zari Girl of Ancient Persia written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 520 BC, Babylon is just one of many conquered cities in the great Persian Empire. Zari is the thirteen year old daughter of an asu, a trained physician. Taught from early childhood to love and use hundreds of plants, she helps Papa prepare herbal remedies to cure disease. Can she use some of her plants to save lives and stop an evil plan?

Download or read book Rasmus Craftsman of Constantinople written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emperor Justinian ordered rebuilding throughout the magnificent 6th century capital of Constantinople. Craftsmen from across the Byzantine Empire will create beautiful buildings and mosaics. Rasmus is a thirteen year old mosaic apprentice. Opportunity and danger await him in the imperial palace. Can Rasmus solve the puzzle and save the emperor?

Download or read book Hathor Artist of Ancient Egypt written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-23 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1300 BC and Ramesses the Great has become the king of ancient Egypt. Twelve year old Hathor dreams of being a painter in the royal tombs. In the workmen’s village of Deir el Medina, Hathor learns painting and hieroglyphics. Can a young girl overcome obstacles and earn a position as a painter in the tomb of Queen Nefertari?

Download or read book Ashtyn Teacher of New Zealand written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strong brave native Maori people of 1845 New Zealand are fascinating to Ashtyn. She is a fourteen year old English girl who wants to live with the great Ngapuhi tribe and teach their children. Will the chief and his people accept her? Can she learn and adapt to the unique traditions of the tribe and save her Maori friend from unknown danger?

Download or read book Basanti Dancer of Ancient India written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 376 AD, Chandra Gupta II will soon be king of Ancient India. He was blessed by the Hindu gods. Thirteen year old Basanti has trained since early childhood as a dancer. As the day of her first solo dance approaches, tragedy strikes her family. Can she win a competition and dance in the Hindu temples or for the new emperor?

Download or read book Zaltana Princess of Ancient Mexico written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zaltana is the twelve year-old daughter of the ruler of the great and powerful city of Teotihuacán in the Valley of Mexico on the seventh century AD. Her life as a princess is changing quickly. Can she face and accept an uncertain future. Will she overcome her fear and help save her family?

Download or read book Kensie Storyteller of Scotland written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeenth century Scotland is ruled by another English king, Charles II. Highland clan’s feud and struggle for power in this beautiful land. Kensie is a twelve year old storyteller who dreams of a future as a bard in a Highland Clan. Will Kensie’s secrets keep her from making her dream come true?

Download or read book Beau Doctor of France written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1793 AD, Paris is the center of the French Revolution. The citizens of France live in fear of arrest, imprisonment and death at the guillotine. Beau is a fourteen year-old student in the school of surgery. Can he help save the young dauphin? Will his secret plan be discovered?

Download or read book Thomas Scribe of Israel written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 66 AD, Israel is ruled by the powerful Empire of Rome. Groups of zealots fight for freedom and the unique Jewish religion. Thomas is a twelve year old student who is training to be a scribe. Will he find a new home in the desert fortress of Qumran? Can he help protect the scrolls of the Holy Scriptures?

Download or read book Akshat Boy of Tibet written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-23 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1625, Tibet is a land of nomads, monasteries and farmers. Nine year old Akshat herds sheep and yaks in the pastures of the western plateau. The death of his father begins a chain of events that will change his life forever. Can Akshat find his place in a world of monks, lamas and the world’s largest monastery?

Download or read book Katie Writer of Russia written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-23 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful empire of Russia is ruled by a foreign monarch, Catherine the Great. Nobles, peasants and serfs struggle to find their place in the future of this vast land. In 1774, Katie is a fourteen year old girl who dreams of writing for the Russian theatre. Can she discover and tell the real story of the Russian people?

Download or read book Nathan Shipbuilder of Spain written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Erik Carver of Greenland written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave group of Norse Vikings founded a colony on Greenland in the tenth century. After almost four hundred years the settlement is struggling to survive. Erik is a thirteen year old carver whose life is about to change. Can he trust an old story and a set of runes? Does he have the courage to follow a dream?

Download or read book Tiago Explorer of Brazil written by Alice Lockmiller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1638, Tiago is the thirteen year old son of a Portuguese explorer. Following an Indian tradition, the family ventures into the inhospitable tropical rainforest of Brazil to take his young brother to his grandfather. Can they survive the many dangers of this forest to reach the settlement of the Kalapalo Indians? When tragedy strikes, will Tiago remain with is brother and find acceptance among the nations?

Download or read book A Persian Requiem written by Simin Daneshvar and published by Halban Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tribal leaders in opposition to the government, the corruption of occupation, society torn apart by shifting political loyalties... this is the background to one woman's powerful story. A Persian Requiem is a powerful and evocative novel. Set in the southern Persian town of Shiraz in the last years of World War II, when the British army occupied the south of Persia, the novel chronicles the life of Zari, a traditional, anxious and superstitious woman whose husband, sef, is an idealistic feudal landlord. The occupying army upsets the balance of traditional life and throws the local people into conflict. sef is anxious to protect those who depend upon him and will stop at nothing to do so. His brother, on the other hand, thinks nothing of exploiting his kinsmen to further his own political ambitions. Thus a web of political intrigue and hostilities is created, which slowly destroys families. In the background, tribal leaders are in open rebellion against the government, and a picture of a society torn apart by unrest emerges. In the midst of this turbulence, normal life carries on in the beautiful courtyard of Zari's house, in the rituals she imposes upon herself and in her attempt to keep the family safe from external events. But the corruption engendered by occupation is pervasive - some try to profit as much as possible from it, others look towards communism for hope, whilst yet others resort to opium. Finally even Zari's attempts to maintain normal family life are shattered as disaster strikes. An immensely moving story, A Persian Requiem is also a powerful indictment of the corrupting effects of colonization. A Persian Requiem (first published in 1969 in Iran under the title Savushun), was the first novel written by an Iranian woman and, sixteen reprints and half a million copies later, it remains the most widely read Persian novel. In Iran it has helped shape the ideas and attitudes of a generation in its revelation of the factors that contributed to the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Simin Daneshvar's A Persian Requiem ... goes a long way towards deepening our understanding of Islam and the events leading up to the 1979 Revolution ... The central characters adroitly reflect different Persian attitudes of the time, attitudes that were eventually to harden into support for either the Ayatollah and his Islamic fundamentalism or, alternatively, for the corrupting Westernisation of the Shah. The value of the book lies in its ability to present these emergent struggles in human terms, in the day-to-day realities of small-town life ... Complex and delicately crafted, this subtle and ironic book unites reader and writer in the knowledge that human weakness, fanaticism, love and terror are not confined to any one creed. The Financial Times A Persian Requiem is not just a great Iranian novel, but a world classic. The Independent on Sunday ... it would be no exaggeration to say that all of Iranian life is there. Spare Rib For an English reader, there is almost an embarrassment of new settings, themes and ideas ... Under the guise of something resembling a family saga - although the period covered is only a few months - A Persian Requiem teaches many lessons about a society little understood in the West. Rachel Billington, The Tablet This very human novel avoids ideological cant while revealing complex political insights, particularly in light of the 1979 Iranian revolution. Publishers Weekly A Persian Requiem, originally published [in Iran] in 1969, was a first novel by Iran's first woman novelist. It has seen sixteen reprints, sold over half a million copies, and achieved the status of a classic, literally shaping the ideas of a generation. Yet when asked about the specific appeal of the novel, most readers are at a loss to pinpoint a single, or even prominent aspect to account for this phenomenal success. Is it the uniquely feminine perspective, allowing the read

Download or read book Rooftops of Tehran written by Mahbod Seraji and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "a striking new talent"(Sandra Dallas, author of Tallgrass) comes an unforgettable debut novel of young love and coming of age in an Iran headed toward revolution. In this poignant, eye-opening and emotionally vivid novel, Mahbod Seraji lays bare the beauty and brutality of the centuries-old Persian culture, while reaffirming the human experiences we all share. In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the next. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man. But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a beacon for the Shah's secret police. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice...