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For younger readers

Kizilos, Peter. Tibet: Disputed Land. Lerner, 2000. For readers in grades 7 to 10.

Kummer, Patricia. Tibet. Scholastic, 2003. For readers in grades 6 to 9.

Levy, Patricia M. Tibet. 2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish, 1996. For readers in grades 6 to 8.

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Avedon, John F. In Exile from the Land of Snows: The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest. HarperCollins, 1998. Detailed history.

Erickson, Barbara. Tibet: Abode of the Gods, Pearl of the Motherland. Pacific, 1997. Informative, thoughtful look at Tibet's present condition.

Feigon, Lee. Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the Snows. Dee, 1998. Lively and descriptive introduction to Tibet's fascinating history.

Fisher, Robert E. Art of Tibet. Thames & Hudson, 1998. Sampling of artifacts over 500 years; 180 illustrations.

Grunfeld, A. T. The Making of Modern Tibet. Sharpe, 1996. Thoughtful review of the history of Tibet and competing claims for it.

Gyatso, Palden. The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk. Grove, 1997. Revealing memoirs of a Buddhist monk jailed for 30 years during Communist Chinese rule.

Gyatso, Tenzin. My Tibet. Reprint, University of California Press, 1995. By the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, with splendid photographs.

Harrer, Heinrich. Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation. Tarcher, 1998. Insights from the author of Seven Years in Tibet, which was made into a motion picture of the same title.

Lhalungpa, Lobsang P. Tibet: The Sacred Realm: Photographs, 1880-1950. Viking Penguin, Reprint, Aperture, 1983. 1997. A remarkable collection of photographs detailing the endangered traditional culture of Tibet. Preface by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Sis, Peter. Tibet: Through the Red Box. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998. Beautifully illustrated diary of travels by the author's father in China and Tibet; for all ages.

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