From the book:
"In this powerful, groundbreaking memoir, 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: fleeing from her home and becoming separated from her family as the Six-Day War breaks out; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; and her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and his family of letters. As language becomes her refuge--a true home that can never be taken away--she begins to piece together the fragments of her splintered world."
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
"What the Moon Saw" by Laura Resau
From the book:
"Fourteen-year-old Clara has never met her father's parents. She knows he snuck over the border from Mexico as a teenager, but beyond that, she knows almost nothing about his childhood. When she agrees to go to Mexico to visit her grandparents for the summer, she is stunned by their life: they live in simple shacks in the mountains of southern Mexico, where most people speak not only Spanish, but also an indigenous language, Mixteco. "What the Moon Saw" is an enchanting story of discovering your true self in the most unexpected place."
Imagine going to a country where electricity is uncommon, where there's no Internet, no malls, no swimming pool, nothing familiar. Af first Clara is sure she will be bored when she visits her grandparents in their small Mexican town, but she does want to connect with her family and she's feeling a restlessness that seems to be calmed by the thought of the visit. Soon she learns to feel the quiet rhythm of each day. She learns of the healing powers her grandmother has developed and knows that the same ability is in her own spirit.
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"Fourteen-year-old Clara has never met her father's parents. She knows he snuck over the border from Mexico as a teenager, but beyond that, she knows almost nothing about his childhood. When she agrees to go to Mexico to visit her grandparents for the summer, she is stunned by their life: they live in simple shacks in the mountains of southern Mexico, where most people speak not only Spanish, but also an indigenous language, Mixteco. "What the Moon Saw" is an enchanting story of discovering your true self in the most unexpected place."
Imagine going to a country where electricity is uncommon, where there's no Internet, no malls, no swimming pool, nothing familiar. Af first Clara is sure she will be bored when she visits her grandparents in their small Mexican town, but she does want to connect with her family and she's feeling a restlessness that seems to be calmed by the thought of the visit. Soon she learns to feel the quiet rhythm of each day. She learns of the healing powers her grandmother has developed and knows that the same ability is in her own spirit.
Have you read this book yet? Let's talk!
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