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Balcony on the moon : coming of age in Palestine / Ibtisam Barakat.
Van Pelt Library DS119.7 .B28445 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barakat, Ibtisam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barakat, Ibtisam.
- Girls--Education.
- Girls.
- Youth, Palestinian Arab.
- Children, Palestinian Arab.
- Arab countries.
- Barakat, Ibtisam--Childhood and youth.
- Children, Palestinian Arab--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Youth, Palestinian Arab--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Girls--Education--Arab countries--Juvenile literature.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Juvenile literature.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Girls--Education--Arab countries.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Young adult books.
- Young adult non.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Square Fish edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018.
- Summary:
- Picking up where Ibtisam Barakat's first memoir, Tasting the Sky, left off, Balcony on the Moon follows her through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. This memoir about pursuing dreams in the face of adversity chronicles Ibitsam's desire to be a writer and shows how she finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it. But the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. Enlightening and at times funny, Balcony on the Moon is a not often depicted look at daily life in a politically tumultuous region. -- Publisher's webpage.
- Contents:
- Part I: Radio Street, 1971-1973. Stone house ; Baba Noel ; Fingerprints ; Despair
- Part II: Beitunia, 1973-1975. Belonging ; Ramadan ; Death ; Red
- Part III: Spring of the lantern, 1975-1980. Demonstration ; Daring ; Chocolate ; Contest ; Agreement ; Separation
- Part IV: Main Street, 1980-1981. People ; Dreams ; Relative ; Poetry
- Part V: Jerusalem Street, 1981. Time ; Result.
- Notes:
- 2017 Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies.
- "Margaret Ferguson Books."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781250144294
- 1250144299
- OCLC:
- 1041861315
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