Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood

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Label

Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood

Title remainder

a Palestinian childhood

Statement of responsibility

Ibtisam Barakat

Creator

• trueBarakat, Ibtisam

Subject

• truePalestinian people
• Children, Palestinian Arab -- Biography
• trueDetention of persons
• Letters
• truePalestinian children
• truePalestinian children -- Biography
• truePalestinians
• truePersonal letters
• trueSoldiers
• trueSoldiers -- Israel
• trueWar
• trueArab-Israeli conflict
• Arab-Israeli conflict -- Juvenile literature
• Barakat, Ibtisam
• trueChildren and war

Genre

• trueBiography
• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

"When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says. "It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home. Transcending the particulars of politics, this illuminating and timely book provides a telling glimpse into a little-known culture that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueHaunting
• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueLyrical

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2008
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2007
• International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Young Adult Nonfiction, 2008.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2007.
• Middle East Book Award, Youth Literature Winner, 2007

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

870L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG+

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Reading level

5.8

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

juvenile