A Stone in My Hand
by Cathryn Clinton
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Editions of A Stone in My Hand
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Candlewick Pr |
Date 2010 |
Price None Available |
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Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Candlewick Pr |
Date 2004 |
Price $1.94 |
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Publisher Bt Bound |
Date 2004 |
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Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover |
Publisher Candlewick Pr |
Date 2002 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
Publisher Notes
I am Malaak Abed Atieh, and this bird is Abdo. . . . I live in Abdo's eyes. . . . I fly high, high above Gaza City. . . . Nothing stops me--not the concrete and razor wire, not the guns, not the soldiers. I stare at them with my hard black Abdo eyes, and they do not shoot me. I am hidden. It has been a month since eleven-year-old Malaak's beloved father left Gaza City to look for work in Israel, only to disappear. Every day she climbs up to the roof and waits for him, imagining that she can fly to the prison cell where she is sure he waits. She speaks little to anyone, preferring to commune with the loyal little bird she has tamed. Malaak's brother, Hamid, has his own way of coping. The volatile twelve-year-old feels only anger, stoked by militant extremists who preach violence as the only way to change their fate. Malaak's mother and sister beg the boy to stay away from harm, but now Malaak lives in fear: is she destined to lose her only brother as well?
In Gaza City, 1988, a sensitive, observant girl finds her voice - and the strength to move beyond the violence that surrounds her.
Media Reviews
"The complexities of the situation--of families wanting peace, of dreams of a place to call home, and the allure of militant groups to fighters such as Hamid--are woven into this powerful portrayal told in spare, poetic prose....The beautiful writing and timely subject warrant a wide audience for this must-read."
Synopses
Eleven-year-old Malaak and her family are touched by the violence in Gaza between Jews and Palestinians when first her father disappears and then her older brother is drawn to the Islamic Jihad.
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