The Distance of Hope
Publisher
Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9780805050547
Pages
198 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Fifteen-year-old Yeshe Anjur, the nearly-blind heir to the throne of Padma, undertakes a dangerous journey to far-off Tigristan to find the legendary White Bean Lama who may be able to restore his sight.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; vision loss; low vision
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Books for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High, Fourteenth Edition, 2001
Keywords
kingdom; healer; friendship; companions; cooking; adventure; philosophy; prince
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hite, Sid, "The Distance of Hope" (1998). Diverse Families. 1916.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1916