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A Game for Swallows
To Die, to Leave, to Return
By Abirached, Zeina
- ISBN
- 978-0-76138-856-4 978-1-57505-594-9 978-1-46770-004-4
- Publisher
- Lerner/Graphic Universe
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Elementary and Junior High
Gr 4 Up–Zeina and her younger brother are growing up in Beirut, where civil war is a part of daily life. To protect against strikes and sniper fire, the family’s living space has been reduced to the relative security of their apartment foyer, where a rug hanging on the wall, depicting Moses and the Hebrews fleeing Egypt, figures predominantly as a story background. This account chronicles one day in their lives, as the siblings await their parents return and neighbors come and spend time with th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
