Ibtisam Barakat: 2 books
Balcony on the Moon
Coming of Age in Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Palestine Book Award Shortlist Selection
A VOYA Nonfiction Honor...
Tasting the Sky
A Palestinian Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors.
"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...