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'I am a red balloon,' reflects Esperanza Cordero, 'a balloon tied to an anchor.' The House on Mango Street is the coming-of-age story of Esperanza, a teenage Puerto Rican girl with a big family and huge dreams about escaping her cramped house and impoverished neighbourhood.
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 Set in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and in contemporary Los Angeles, Orhan's Inheritance tells the story of one man coming to terms with his family's and his nation's past.

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Marian Keyes's tenth glorious doorstop of a novel focuses on the inner lives of the inhabitants of 66 Star Street, a Dublin townhouse with a blue door and a banana-shaped knocker; a gift from a previous tenant, a metalworker with a sense of humour (who everyone hated).
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The novel is set in German Occupied Paris in 1942. The central character is Lucien Bernard,a talented young architect, who is enlisted by a rich Frenchman to build an ammunitions factory for the Nazis.

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The Aubrey – Maturin series of novels set at the time of the Anglo-French wars of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is one of the great achievements of twentieth century historical fiction, matching the empathetic genius seen in the works of Paul Scott and J. G. Farrell.

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The second book in The Empathy Way collection.  Jenga the bonobo teaches a poignant lesson about using empathy to connect with others who are "different".

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The third book in The Empathy Way collection that helps children develop empathy in order to prevent bullying. Expressive photographs of bonobo apes illustrate how it feels to be bulied, what kids should do, and how adults can intervene effectively.

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Persepolis is the story, in graphic novel form, of Marjane Satrapi's coming of age in post-revolution Iran.

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Friendship between a bum Moshi and a teenager Bobby is based on deep empathy and acceptance that Holocaust survivior Moshi has developed as part of his life experiences. Moshi's help transforms Bobby; Bobby's life energy enriches Moshi's lonely life.

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After a terrible row, three friends , Cat, Duck and Squirrel, learn how to compromise and cooperate just in time to save their friendship (not to mention their supper) .

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