19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Contributor(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060097655 ISBN-13: 9780060097653 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: This volume collects for the first time all of Nye's poems about the Middle East, peace, and being an Arab-American in the U.S. |
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: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7.2" (0.50 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. |