19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780060504045)

"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."

Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.

Maybe they have something to tell us.

Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
ISBN-10: 0060504048
ISBN-13: 9780060504045
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2005
Pages: 142
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.26h x 4.95w x 0.44d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80002 / 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 57
School Library Journal 03/01/2005 pg. 69
Publishers Weekly 03/14/2005 pg. 70