A biography of the author's mother, concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish govennment deported its Armenian population.

The Road from Home (Puffin Newbery Library)

Teen & Young Adult

Kherdian, David

Biographies

Puffin Books

In order to win the hand of his love, indolent Prince Haig learns to weave beautiful golden cloth, a craft that later saves his life.

The Golden Bracelet

Hogrogian, Nonny

Children's Books

Little,Brown & Co

A child considers a range of daily experiences--happy, disappointing, painful, dismaying, and, mostly, hopeful--and emphasizes that the most important one is what is happening "right now."

Right Now

Knopf Books for Young Readers

A newcomer's enthusiasm for everything causes the animals to speculate on the nature of perception.

The Animal

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

A rich collection of animal fables and folktales brings togethers traditional stories and lore from native American, Eskimo, African, European, and Indian cultures. All ages.

Feathers and Tails

Philomel

A young boy relates his special friendship with his Armenian uncle

Song for Uncle Harry

While trying to make it through elementary school in Racine, Wisconsin, a thirteen-year-old Armenian American boy must come to terms with his heritage, his parents' expectations, and his own uncertainty about what he wants from life

Asking the River: A Novel

Orchard Books

Asking the River

David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our century. Vernon Dumehjian Kherdian was born into a loving and prosperous family. Then, in the year 1915, the Turkish government began the systematic destruction of its Armenian population.

The road from home: The story of an Armenian girl

Scholastic. Inc.