A Stone in My Hand

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A Stone in My Hand

In Gaza City, 1988, a sensitive, observant girl finds her voice - and the strength to move beyond the violence that surrounds her.

I am Malaak Abed Atieh, and this bird is Abdo. . . . I live in Abdoâ€™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 Malaakâ€™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, referring to commune with the loyal little bird she has tamed. Malaakâ€™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. Malaakâ€™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?
Country USA
Manufacturer Candlewick
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2002-10-01
EANs 9780763613884

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Candlewick
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2002-10-01
EANs	9780763613884

A Stone in My Hand

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