Wild poppies / Haya Saleh ; translated by Marcia Lynx Qualey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ṣāliḥ, Hayā, author.

Contributor:

Qualey, M Lynx, translator.

Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Shaqāʼiq al-nuʻmān. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Syria--Juvenile fiction.

Refugees.

Refugee families--Juvenile fiction.

Refugee families.

Brothers--Juvenile fiction.

Brothers.

Child soldiers--Juvenile fiction.

Child soldiers.

Government, Resistance to--Juvenile fiction.

Government, Resistance to.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Juvenile fiction.

Syria.

Refugees--Syria--Fiction.

Refugee families--Fiction.

Brothers--Fiction.

Child soldiers--Fiction.

Government, Resistance to--Fiction.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Fiction.

Genre:

Social problem fiction.

War fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

178 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2023.

Language Note:

Translated from the Arabic.

Summary:

Since the passing of his father, Oscar has tried to be the man of his family of Syrian refugees. As Oscar waits in line for rations, his younger brother Sufyan explores more nontraditional methods to provide for his family. Ignoring his brother's warnings, Sufyan gets more and more involved with a group that provides him with big rewards for doing seemingly inconsequential tasks. When the group abruptly gets more intense--taking Sufyan and other boys away from their families, teaching them how to shoot guns--Sufyan realizes his brother is right. But is it too late for Sufyan to get out of this? It's left to the bookish Oscar to rescue his brother and reunite his family.

Notes:

Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781646142019

1646142012

OCLC:

1349275110