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A Stone in My Hand
Contributor(s): Clinton, Cathryn (Author)
ISBN: 0763647721     ISBN-13: 9780763647728
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2010
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Middle East
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2001058423
Lexile Measure: 540
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.54" W x 7.6" (0.37 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Arab World
- Cultural Region - Middle East
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 62173
Reading Level: 3.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Four starred reviews The haunting story of a sensitive, observant girl who finds her voice in 1988 Gaza City.

The year is 1988 in Gaza City, and it has been a month since eleven-year-old Malaak's father left to seek work in Israel, only to disappear. Every day Malaak climbs to the roof and waits, speaking little to anyone, preferring the company of the little bird she has tamed. But her twelve-year-old brother, Hamid, has a different way of coping. He feels only anger, stoked by extremists who say violence is the only way to change their fate. Malaak's mother begs him to stay away from harm, but Malaak lives in fear of losing her brother as well. What will it take for her to find her voice -- and the strength to move past the violence that surrounds her?