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I Am Because You Are

I Am Because You Are
  • Author(s): Sarah Heron
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 1970 - 2008

Though worlds apart, he has always been close enough that he could touch her and, eventually, he will. I am, Because You Are is a love story that spans three decades of political turmoil in South Africa, from the...

I Am Change

I Am Change
  • Author(s): Suzy Zail
  • Location(s): Uganda
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn’t matter. They were wrong. “What if I don’t want to marry?” Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. “Not want to...

I Am David

I Am David
  • Author(s): Anne Holm
  • Location(s): Denmark
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Children, Historical
  • Era(s): 1952

David’s entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly prison camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. With his vengeful enemies hot...

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
  • Author(s): Lorrie Moore
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘America’s first lady of darkness and mirth.’ Guardian ‘The best American writer of her generation.’ Nick Hornby ‘Unmissable.’ Marie Claire From one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore’s new novel is a magic box of...

I am Livia

I am Livia
  • Author(s): Phyllis T Smith
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 100BC / 100AD

Her life would be marked by scandal and suspicion, worship and adoration… At the tender age of fourteen, Livia Drusilla overhears her father and fellow aristocrats plotting the assassination of Julius Caesar. Proving herself an astute confidante, she becomes...

I Am Malala

I Am Malala
  • Author(s): Malala Yousafzai
  • Location(s): Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 2012 onwards

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, 9 October 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price when she was shot in the head at point-blank range....

I Am Not Your Eve

I Am Not Your Eve
  • Author(s): Devika Ponnambalam
  • Location(s): Tahiti
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Second half 19th Century

A novel that finally gives a voice to Teha’aman, Tahitian muse and child-bride to painter Paul Gauguin told through the myths and legends of the islands.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
  • Author(s): Erika L Sánchez
  • Location(s): Chicago
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a...

I Am One of You Forever

I Am One of You Forever
  • Author(s): Fred Chappell
  • Location(s): North Carolina
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

Wonderfully funny and also deeply touching, I Am One of You Forever is the story of a young boy’s coming of age. Set in the hills and hollows of western North Carolina in the years around World War II,...

I Am Regina

I Am Regina
  • Author(s): Sally M Keehn
  • Location(s): Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1755

The cabin door crashes open-and in a few minutes Regina’s life changes forever. Allegheny Indians murder her father and brother, burn their Pennsylvania home to the ground, and take Regina captive. Only her mother, who is away from home,...

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