Stella

Books Stella completed during the gap year:

Related to countries we visited:

• The Heaven Shop, by Deborah Ellis (Malawi)
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba (Malawi)
• The Queen of Water, by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinago (Ecuador)
• Last Days of the Incas, by Kim Macquarrie (Ecuador and Peru)
• Secrets of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark (Peru)
• The Way of the Condor, by Nathan Kravetz (Peru)
• Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelson (Alaska)

Mythology:

• Gilgamesh the Hero, retold by Geraldine McCraughrean
• Tales of Ancient Egypt, by Roger Green
• Jason and the Golden Fleece, by James Riordan
• Black Ships Before Troy, (the story of the Iliad) retold by Rosemary Sutcliffe
• The Adventures of Odysseus, retold by Padraic Colum
• In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid, retold by Penelope Lively

Classics:

• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
• Canterbury Tales, by Chaucer, retold by Barbara Cohen
• Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Canterbury Tales, retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Divine Comedy, retold by Joseph Tusiani

Other:

• The Secret Room, by Antonia Michaelis
• The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Spear
• Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan
• Kite Fighters, by Linda Sue Park
• Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
• Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
• Star in the Forest, by Laura Resau
• The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
• Deadly Sister, by Eliot Schrefer
• Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
• Ender in Exile, by Orson Scott Card
• Speaker of the Dead, by Orson Scott Card
• Xenocide, by Orson Scott Card
• Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card
• Ender’s Shadow, by Orson Scott Card
• Shadow of the Hegemon, by Orson Scott Card
• Shadow Puppets, by Orson Scott Card
• Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card