Thursday, May 2, 2019

Brainstorm 177: International Reads Pt 6: Europe & Eurasia 2/2

This week has absolutely flown by. I can’t believe it’s already time for another installment in our series on books set in countries and cultures around the world. We're headed to Europe & Eurasia again this week. There were just too many countries to cover in one week so this is the 2nd half of that. To see the first half of the Europe/Eurasia books visit International Reads Pt. 5: Europe & Eurasia 1/2. To see the full parameters I've set for the selection of books in this International Reads series, please visit International Reads Pt 1: Africa. And of course, that’s the place to visit for some books set in African countries too. It was harder than ever to stick to the parameters of no fairytale/mythology books for these countries. I had several books I thought of for these countries (even one for Slovenia!) that I had to ignore because I set myself these rules. Someday, they will make it into a Brainstorm. Here are the other blogs posted in this series so far:
International Reads Pt 2: Asia
International Reads Pt 3: Australia, New Zealand, & Oceania
International Reads Pt 4: Central America & the Caribbean

I'm not including summaries or reviews today in the interest of space. Clicking on the title of the books will take you to either my review of the book or a general summary and other reviews.

SPAIN


Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Aronson & Marina Budhos
Genre: History, Biography, War Stories, Young Adult Nonfiction

Food Fight Fiesta!: a Tale of La Tomatina by Tracey Kyle, ill. by Ana Gomez
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Holiday Stories, Picture Book, Lower Grade Fiction

Messi by Guillem Balague
Genre: Sports, Biography, Adult Nonfiction

Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote by Margarita Engle, ill. by Raúl Colón
Genre: Picture Book Biography, Novels in Verse, Literature, History, Middle Grade Nonfiction

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, ill. by Robert Lawson
Genre: Animal Stories, Picture Book, Lower Grade Fiction

SWEDEN


Kristina: the Girl King (Royal Diaries) by Carolyn Meyer
Genre: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction

A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman, translated by Henning Koch
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Adult Fiction

My Happy Life (Dani, #1) by Rose Lagercrantz, ill. by Eva Eriksson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Lower Grade Fiction

Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, ill. by Marc Simont
Genre: Mystery Fiction, Historical Fiction, Lower Grade Fiction

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Humor, Middle Grade Fiction

SWITZERLAND


Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman
Genre: Adventure, Sport, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction

Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction

Dogs in the Dead of Night (Magic Tree House, #46) by Mary Pope Osborne, ill. by Salvatore Murdocca
Genre: Fantasy, Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Lower Grade/Middle Grade Fiction

Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Genre: Historical Fiction, Classics, Middle Grade Fiction

UKRAINE


Conspiracy in Kiev (The Russian Trilogy) by Noel Hynd
Genre: Thriller, Spy Stories, Contemporary Fiction, Adult Fiction

The Mitten: an Old Ukrainian Folktale by Alvin Tresselt, ill. by Yaroslava
Genre: Folklore, Animal Stories, Picture Book

The Secret of Priest’s Grotto: a Holocaust Survival Story by Peter Lane Taylor with Christos Nicola
Genre: History, WWII Stories, Survival Stories, Middle Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction

UNITED KINGDOM

SPECIFIC UK REGION/CULTURE – CHANNEL ISLANDS


The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Genre: Historical Fiction, WWII Stories, Adult Fiction

Nick of Time (Nick McIver Adventures through Time, #1) by Ted Bell
Genre: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, WWII Stories, Middle Grade Fiction

SPECIFIC UK REGION/CULTURE - ENGLAND


Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel, ill. by Nancy Carpenter
Genre: Picture Book Biography

Claude Going for Gold (Claude, #8) by Alex T. Smith
Genre: Humor, Graphic Novel, Lower Grade Fiction

The Inside-outside Book of London by Roxie Munro
Genre: Lower Grade Nonfiction, Tour Books, Picture Book

MI5 and Me: a Coronet among the Spooks by Charlotte Bingham
Genre: Memoir, History, Spy Stories, Humor, Adult Nonfiction

Rules of Murder (Drew Farthering, #1) by Julianna Deering
Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Religious Fiction, Adult Fiction

The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Genre: Historical Fiction, WWII Stories, Middle Grade Fiction

SPECIFIC UK REGION/CULTURE - IRELAND


Airman by Eoin Colfer
Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

Castle on the Rise (Lost Castle, #2) by Kristy Cambron
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, War Stories, Mystery, Thriller, Romantic Fiction, Religious Fiction, Adult Fiction

Leprechauns in Late Winter (Magic Tree House, #43) by Mary Pope Osborne, ill. by Salvatore Murdocca
Genre: Time Travel, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Lower Grade/Middle Grade Fiction

There You’ll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Music, Religious Fiction, Romantic Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

SPECIFIC UK REGION/CULTURE - SCOTLAND


Always Room for One More by Nic Leodhas, ill. by Nonny Hogrogian
Genre: Folklore & Folksongs, Picture Books, Lower Grade Nonfiction

Five Days in Skye (The MacDonald Family Trilogy, #1) by Carla Laureano
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Foodies, Romantic Fiction, Adult Fiction

For the Glory: the Untold and Inspiring Story of Eric Liddell, Hero of Chariots of Fire by Duncan Hamilton
Genre: Biography, Sport, History, Christian Nonfiction, Adult Nonfiction

Howl at the Moon (Haggis and Tank Unleashed, #3) by Jessica Young, ill. by James Burks
Genre: Animal Stories, Mystery, Humor, Graphic Novels, Lower Grade Fiction

Katie Morag Delivers the Mail (Katie Morag, #1) by Mairi Hedderwick
Genre: Historical Fiction, Picture Books, Lower Grade Fiction

The Mad Wolf’s Daughter (The Mad Wolf’s Daughter, #1) by Diane Magras
Genre: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Survival, Middle Grade Fiction

SPECIFIC UK REGION/CULTURE - WALES


Longbow Girl by Linda Davies
Genre: Time Travel, Thriller, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Sport, Young Adult Fiction

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs
Genre: Time Travel, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Superhero Stories, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
*Note: Parts happen in the United States.


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