Carolyn Marsden Books
Bird Springs
When drought and his father's absence force them to leave the Navajo reservation at Bird Springs, ten-year-old Gregory, his mother, and sister move to a motel in Tuscon, Arizona, where one of Grego...
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The gold-threaded dress
When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.
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Moon runner
When Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athlete friend, Ruth, she thinks she must choose between running and friendship.
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Silk umbrellas
Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at...
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The Quail Club
Now in fifth grade, Oy wants to do a Thai dance at the school talent show until Liliandra threatens to kick her out of their club if they do not perform an American-style skit together.
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Moon runner
When Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athlete friend, Ruth, she thinks she must choose between running and friendship.
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