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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

by Valerie Zenatti

Hardcover, 2008

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--Civic Ideals and Practices, Social Interactions-Relationships, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Bloomsbury USA Childrens (2008), Edition: 1st, 160 pages

Description

Seventeen-year-old Tal Levine of Jerusalem, despondent over the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, puts her hopes for peace in a bottle and asks her brother, a military nurse in the Gaza Strip, to toss it into the sea, leading ultimately to friendship and understanding between her and an "enemy."

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 2009)

Middle East Book Award (Honorable Mention — Youth Literature — 2009)

Prix Tam-tam du Livre de Jeunesse (2005)

Notable Book for a Global Society (2009)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2009)

Books To Read Aloud with Children Twelve & Over

Language

Original language

English

Pages

160

Physical description

160 p.; 7.94 inches

ISBN

1599902001 / 9781599902005

DDC/MDS

843.92

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