Title: a tough read
Product review: This is a tough book. In the beginning the main character, a Palestinian girl, is just realizing she has lost her father. Throughout the rest of the book she is realizing she may soon lose her brother to the dangerous anti-Israeli activities he engages in. The story is strictly told from the Palestinian point of view. The mother in the story introduces the idea of antiviolence as she explains to her son that Islamic Jihad was the group that killed his father, through their actions toward Israelis. There is a bird the main character uses as comfort and as a symbol of flying away from her world of violence. It is an engaging book. If I were to use it with my classes, I would need to be sure both sides of the conflict were presented.
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