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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out. His knowledge of Zen Buddhism provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
2) Siddhartha
Author
Language
English
Description
A young man, blessed with loving parents and a safe home in a world where want and neglect abound, leaves this haven in search of himself. He joins the Samanas, a band of wandering ascetics without possessions or earthly ties. His quest unfulfilled, he descends into a life of unbounded luxury and indulgence. Where is truth? Where will his soul find true ease? In denial? In decadence? Or in some truth far greater than himself, so simple, so close to...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"More than forty years after their release from the notorious "Hanoi Hilton", three American prisoners of war return to Vietnam to make peace with their most brutal former captor, a guard whom they dubbed "Mr. Wonderful". The U.S. State Department hopes a reconciliation will help cement a major trade agreement between Washington and the Vietnamese. But when Mr. Wonderful is found murdered, the three ex-POWs are accused of the crime and the multi billion...
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Reunited once more, young Alexander Cold and his best friend, Nadia, embark upon a new adventure, following Alex's frighteningly fearless journalist grandmother Kate to a forbidden kingdom hidden away in the frosty peaks of the Himalayas. They seek the fabled Golden Dragon--a sacred statue and priceless oracle coveted by a greedy and powerful outsider. To prevent the desecration of the holy relic, they will need the help of a sage Buddhist monk, his...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upons Sticks-a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as a pair of estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding. Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama somewhere in the vast Mongolian landscape, the young monk Chuluun seeks the help of his identical twin, Mun, who was recognized as a reincarnation himself as a child, but has since renounced...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
Español
Description
El joven Alexander Cold, su mejor amiga Nadia, y su abuela Kate, periodista especializada en viajes han sobrevivido su aventura en las Amazonas. Junto con los fotógrafos de la revista National Geographic emprenden marcha a otro remoto rincón del mundo. La misión del equipo es adentrarse en un reino prohibido, oculto en los picos helados del Himalaya, y localizar el legendario oráculo y estatua sagrada, el Dragón de Oro.
The teenager Alexander...
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts Megascope
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha. Eight strangers looking for enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher are trapped in a cave high in the mountains on their way to his temple. One of his acolytes directs them to each tell a story that the group can learn from as they wait out the horrible snowstorm that rages...
8) 49 days
Author
Publisher
LQ, Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Day 1. Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map - it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what's that...? And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any other: 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind. Agnes Lee has...
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