| 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
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions 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. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - Middle East - Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2002000771 |
| Age Level: 13-UP |
| Grade Level: 8-UP |
| Lexile Measure: 910(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7.2" L (0.50 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Awards: Middle East Book Awards, Winner, Literature, 2003 Tayshas Reading, Commended, Young Adult, 2003 Nautilus Award, Finalist, Young Adult, 2003 Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Special Subjects, 2003 National Book Awards, Finalist, Young People's Lit., 2002 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Winner, Silver, 2002 |
| Review Citations: Booklist 04/01/2002 pg. 1315 Kirkus Review - Children 04/15/2002 pg. 575 School Library Journal 05/01/2002 pg. 175 PW Notes and Reprints 05/20/2002 pg. 69 Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2002 pg. 140 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2002 pg. 591 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 459 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2003 pg. 1290 ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1309 Booklist 04/01/2003 pg. 1407 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 459 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style Publishers Weekly 05/20/2002 School Library Journal 03/01/2005 pg. 69 School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 57 |
| 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. |
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