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Reviewed on July 1, 2022 | Middle Grade
Gr 5 Up—"All this time, I had thought wars happened in far-off places to far-off people," speaks to the nuanced voice and clarity of Hussain's fictional narrator. Set during Operation Desert Storm in the United Arab Emirates and told in a perspective like Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, this novel for middle grade readers shares the daily thoughts and interactions of Mona, a young Muslim girl. Told o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More