![]() ![]() In 1983, the country went into Civil War - the government and army representing the Sinhala, and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the Tamil Tigers) representing the Tamil nationalist interests. Riots have occurred throughout the nation's short history, with the Tamil working for an independent homeland and the Sinhala working to keep government control. Since that time, the relations between the Sinhala and the Tamil have been strained. ![]() Sri Lanka became an independent nation in 1948 with the departure of the British control from the Indian subcontinent. The two groups are divided religiously and ethnically. The Tamil claim an equally long history in Sri Lanka. According to legend, the Sinhala claim to be descendants from the earliest settlers of Sri Lanka. The biggest ethnic population in Sri Lanka is the Sinahala. Geographically, Sri Lanka is only about 25,000 square miles - a little bit larger than the state of West Virginia its population in about 20 million people - about the population of the state of New York. Sri Lanka is a small island nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. ![]()
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![]() And it's a quest that sees Jennifer fighting not just for her life, but for everything she knows and loves. Read more the top of the deadly Cadair Idris mountain. The only thing that stands in their way is a perilous journey with a 50% Fatality Index - through the Cambrian Empire to the Leviathan Graveyard, at. But the Mighty Shandar doesn't do refunds, and vows to eliminate the dragons - unless sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and her sidekicks from the Kazam house of enchantment can bring him the legendary jewel, The Eye of Zoltar. Clearly, he didn't solve the Dragon Problem, and must return his fee: eighteen dray-weights of gold. The Mighty Shandar, the most powerful wizard the world has ever seen, returns to the Ununited Kingdoms. ![]() The third in Jasper Fforde's Last Dragonslayer series - his first series for children, with his trademark magic and invention. ![]() The third in Jasper Ffordes Last Dragonslayer series - his first series for children. 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In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America Widespread reporting on aspects of. ![]() the author also turns her eye toward much more complex issues like intersectionality, the school-to-prison pipeline, and cultural appropriation with wit and heart. ![]() While white readers are going to gain insight on hard-to-understand-unless-you’ve-lived-it topics in So You Want to Talk About Race, readers of color generally will find camaraderie and a resource in Ijeoma Oluo’s conversational approach to race, racism, and racial violence in America. 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BAGRAM IBATOULLINE is the illustrator of CROSSING by Philip Booth THE NIGHTINGALE by Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Stephen Mitchell THE ANIMAL HEDGE by Paul Fleischman HANA in the TIME of the TULIPS by Deborah Noyes and THE SERPENT CAME to GLOUCESTER by M. In telling THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, I was lost for a good long while, too. ![]() A few days later, I dreamed that the rabbit was face-down on the ocean floor - lost, and waiting to be found. I brought him home, placed him on a chair in my living room, and promptly forgot about him. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was. She says, "One Christmas, I received an elegantly dressed toy rabbit as a gift. THE 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. KATE DICAMILLO is the author of THE TALE of DESPEREAUX which received the Newbery Medal BECAUSE of WINN-DIXIE, which received a Newbery Honor THE TIGER RISING, which was named a National Book Award Finalist and, most recently, the MERCY WATSON stories. ![]() |