Introducing students to literature that exposes them to global issues is an important aspect of the IB curriculum. Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass and Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan, both offer a great plot structure, characters and historical significance that would teach IB students about risk-taking. Graffiti Knight is about Wilm and his friends who rebel against the Soviets in Germany during the post WWII. Wanting Mor is about a girl named Jameela who her father abandoned and left in the orphanage in Kabul, where she learnt how to read and write along with making 3 friends. Both books are great options for IB students, however, Graffiti Knight will provide IB students with a much better option to read considering its detailed plot structure
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The book focuses on the post WWII in Germany and the real conflict that occured from 1945 – 1973 when the Soviets ruled in Germany. Although Wanting Mor also has a historical significance, its history isn’t as important as Graffiti Knight. The historic conflict in Wanting Mor doesn’t emphasize enough on the historical conflict, which is the afghan war. The setting in Wanting Mor also switches over to the orphanage, which has no historical significance. Graffiti Knight constantly emphasizes on the historic setting which benefits IB students. This book holds a variety of sub-plots that are based on the historical that occured. For example, while there wasn’t much action, the book had a subplot that explained what happened in the war and how the situation came to be. The post WWII connects every part of the book and supplies us with a variety of viewpoints on the conflict. For example, Wilm explained his viewpoint of the situation based on his experience and Georg and Karl had completely different viewpoints as they were in a different predicament. Sadly, Wanting Mor only skims the historical conflict and then moves over to other sub-topics such as getting used to the orphanage. As a result, due to IB’s interest in historical conflicts, Graffiti Knight would be a better book for IB
The book focuses on the post WWII in Germany and the real conflict that occured from 1945 – 1973 when the Soviets ruled in Germany. Although Wanting Mor also has a historical significance, its history isn’t as important as Graffiti Knight. The historic conflict in Wanting Mor doesn’t emphasize enough on the historical conflict, which is the afghan war. The setting in Wanting Mor also switches over to the orphanage, which has no historical significance. Graffiti Knight constantly emphasizes on the historic setting which benefits IB students. This book holds a variety of sub-plots that are based on the historical that occured. For example, while there wasn’t much action, the book had a subplot that explained what happened in the war and how the situation came to be. The post WWII connects every part of the book and supplies us with a variety of viewpoints on the conflict. For example, Wilm explained his viewpoint of the situation based on his experience and Georg and Karl had completely different viewpoints as they were in a different predicament. Sadly, Wanting Mor only skims the historical conflict and then moves over to other sub-topics such as getting used to the orphanage. As a result, due to IB’s interest in historical conflicts, Graffiti Knight would be a better book for IB