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19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
Contributor(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab (Author)
ISBN: 0060097655     ISBN-13: 9780060097653
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2002
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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
 
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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.