| 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Contributor(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060504048 ISBN-13: 9780060504045 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: This National Book Award finalist features a stunning collection of poems about the Middle East, family, peace, and what it means to be Arab-American. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - Middle East - Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2002000771 |
| Lexile Measure: 910 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 4.95" W x 7.26" (0.26 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 80002 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab: - Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. |