Description
After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her way to meeting her father at the Turkish border.
Genres
Collection
Publication
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (2018), 336 pages
Awards
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Finalist — Juvenile — 2019)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2021)
Middle East Book Award (Honorable Mention — Youth Literature — 2018)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Intermediate — 2019)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
336 p.; 5.5 inches