International Teen Reads
Whether it takes place in the past or the present, I love to read a great book that takes place outside the United States. I have always loved to travel and do not get as much of an opportunity to do it these days, but through a great story one can get a glimpse of and learn about another culture. What great books have you read that take place internationally?
Mer’s International Picks
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Dominican Republic)
- The Killer’s Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux (Chile)
- Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda by Élisabeth Combres (Rwanda)
- Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami (UK)
- Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz (Japan)
- Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey (New Zealand)
- In the Name of God by Paula Jolin (Syria)
- A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata (Vietnam)
- Santa Claus in Baghdad & Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World by Elsa Marston (Middle East)
- The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (China)
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Sudan)
- Exposure by Mal Peet (South America)
- Chanda’s War by Allan Stratton (Africa)
- Spud by John van de Ruit (South Africa)
- Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (India)
- Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams (Australia)
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