| Edition |
First Harper Tempest edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 142 pages ; 18 cm |
| Note |
"A Greenwillow book" |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8 2.0 80002. |
| Awards |
National Book Award finalist. |
| Contents |
Section One: Different ways to pray -- My father and the figtree -- What kind of fool am I? -- Going to the spring -- Biography of an Armenian schoolgirl -- The words under the words -- Spark -- The man who makes brooms -- The garden of Abu Mahmoud -- Her way -- The clean rinse -- For Mohammed on the mountain -- Passing the refugee camp -- Lunch in Nablus City park -- Arabic coffee -- Red brocade -- Steps -- Prayer in my boot -- Thing's don't stop -- Even at war -- The grieving ring -- For the 500th dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh -- Those whom we do not know -- Visit -- The Palestinians have given up parties -- The small vases from Hebron -- Darling -- Fundamentalism -- My grandmother in the stars -- Rock -- Praying for wind -- Olive jar -- They dropped it -- Section Two: 19 varieties of Gazelle -- Arabic -- Jerusalem -- Holy Land -- Half-and-half -- Stain -- My uncle's favorite coffee shop -- A definite shore -- Two countries -- The tray -- The many hats of William Yale -- What news are you listening to? -- Staying close -- Ducks -- The address book of a lonely man -- Footfall -- Trenches and moats and mounds of dirt -- What he said to his enemies -- Peace -- How long peace takes -- A single slice reveals them -- Stone house -- Jerusalem headlines 2000 -- Mr. Dajani, calling from Jericho -- All things not considered -- Blood. |
| Summary |
Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States. |
| Subject |
Middle East -- Juvenile poetry.
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Arab Americans -- Juvenile poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile materials.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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Nineteen varieties of gazelle |
| ISBN |
0060504048 paperback |
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