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• Audience: Older
• Author: Y. Maudet
• List: Mildred L. Batchelder Award

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  The Killer's Tears

  By Anne-Laure Bondoux, Y. Maudet (Translator)

  After his parents are murdered by itinerant criminal Angel, young Paolo and the killer haltingly discover their capacity for love and forgiveness. The two tempt an unavoidable fate when they accept a stranger into their lives and then venture beyond their bleak homestead on the southern tip of Chile.

  • Fiction
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2007 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780385903141
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  The Pull of the Ocean

  By Jean-Claude Mourlevat, Y. Maudet (Translator)

  This contemporary version of the Tom Thumb story follows charismatic Yann, youngest and smallest of seven brothers, as he silently leads his siblings across the rain-soaked French countryside.  Their harrowing flight from abusive parents is described through the recollections of the boys themselves and through the distinctive voices of those who witness or abet their journey.

  • Fiction
  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2007 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780385733489
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  A Time of Miracles

  By Anne-Laure Bondoux, Y. Maudet (Translator)

  This sweeping novel tells about a young refugee as he searches for identity, safe haven and truth, from the war-torn Caucasus to the freedom of France, over five arduous years. Both people and places are rendered fully with telling detail. Love and hope run deep through this layered examination of the human spirit.

  • Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2011 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780385739221