By happy coincidence, I’ve read a lot of books in the past few weeks set all around the world:
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath (British Columbia)
In Darkness by Nick Lake (Haiti)
Liar and Spy by Rebecca Stead (New York City)
The Lion Hunter; The Empty Kingdom by Elizabeth Wein (6th century Aksumite Empire, in parts of modern-day Ethiopia and other nearby countries)
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (fantasy, but based on Renaissance Europe)
Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin (ancient China, with folk tales come to life)
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (North Carolina)
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (England, with some magic thrown in to keep things fun)
So I have 4 out of the 7 continents. What I’m missing are books set in South America and Australia (and Antarctica, which is difficult). Suggestions, anyone?
A favorite Australian book of mine is The Visconti House, by Elspeth Edgar, for South America you could try The Indigo Notebook, by Laura Resau, a fine book, and for Antartica, you could read Ursula Le Guin’s short story/novella, Sur, which is anthologize in The Compass Rose (along with much other loveliness!). Or you could read Troubling a Star, by Madeline LeEngle (not one I’d activly recommend), or The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean, which is a decent YA mystery/suspense….
Thanks for the suggestions! I read The Queen of Water over the summer–I didn’t know Resau had another book set in South America.
Hmm…how about Jasper Jones for Australia? And I’m itching to get a hold of The Boy in Berlin by Elizabeth Honey, which would be jackpot because it takes place on two continents (Australia and Europe). It’s been too long since I’ve hung out with the Stella Street gang.
I always rely on Elizabeth Honey for Australia
Glad to know there’s Jasper Jones to mix it up a bit.