Around the World discussion

I want to try to focus mostly on YA books for this challenge but will probably throw in some adult titles as well. Titles in bold I have completed
So far my wish list to read includes:

AFRICA
Egypt - Egypt Rising - as an e-book
Iris And Ruby if I can find it
Madagascar - Plundering Paradise finished ***1/2
Nigeria - The Spider King's Daughter from ohio link
Rwanda - Running the Rift (not YA)e-audiobook finished *****

ANTARCTICA
Shackleton's Stowaway

ASIA
Afghanistan - The Kite Runner e-audio book finished ***
Cambodia - Never Fall Down e-audio book - finished **
Dubai - Lost Riders
Israel - Samir and Yonatan
Japan - A Tale for the Time Being (not YA, partially told a Japanese teen character) - finished e-audio book *****
Nepal - Sold e-audio available
and/or The Royal Ghosts
Mount Everest - Peak book on CD finished ****


EUROPE
England - The Girl on the Train - finished **** (not a YA title)
France - Starry Nights finished ***
Germany - Going Overfinished ***
And from Germany - A Night Divided ****
Greece - The Thread (not YA) finished ****
or Cruel Summer
Holland - Silent Saturday
Hungary - The Bear Makers finished ***
Ireland -When Irish Guys Are Smiling - finished **
Italy - Waterfall listened to e-audio book finished ****
Netherlands - I am Rembrandt's Daughter
Northern Ireland Bog Child (listened to as e-audio book) finished *****
Norway - The Orange Girl search ohio
Poland - Briar Rose
Prague - Puppet Master
Sweden - The Circle: Book I - finished **
or read from this series A Bridge to the Stars available as book on CD
Ukraine - Radiant Girl finished ****
Vienna - The Musician's Daughter

NORTH AMERICA
Barbados - The Star Side of Bird Hill: A Novel finished ****
Greenland - First Light finished ***
Mexico - La Linea
or Illegal
United States - The Round House - finished e-audio book ****

Pacific
Australia - Tomorrow When the War Began
and/or Jelicoe Road * couldn't finish :(
and/or
What Alice Forgot
and/or Wildlife e-audio listening to now
New ZealandThe Whale Rider - finished ***

SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil - Origin - finished ****
and/or The Summer Prince
Columbia - Delirium

MARS
The Martian finished *****

great list of books: http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-...

You're off to a good start Meg - that's a nice mix of globe trotting.

Welcome Meg!

I had a hard time finding a German book which wasn't WWII related. I should have looked at your list first!

thanks! I was excited to stumble on this challenge. Really fun idea :)