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The secret grove
By Cohen, Barbara
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80740-301-3
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Union of American Hebrew Congregations, c1985.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1986
Gr 3-5 Beni and Ahmed were both about ten years old, and they both liked to play soccer. However, they were unable to develop their friendship because Beni is an Israeli Jew and Ahmed a Jordanian Arab, and the boundary between their homes was not to be crossed. Cohen ably and subtly shows children how political borders and adult prejudices divide and separate people. But she also injects hope and the possibility of a more...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
