Book description
A heartfelt and honest story, and an introduction to the Palestinian struggle for readers between nine and eleven years-old, set on the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Written by Elizabeth Laird, in collaboration with Sonia Nimr, a Palestinian archaeologist, storyteller, writer and translator, who lives in Ramallah.
Twelve year-old Karim Aboudi lives…
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Reading this story really makes you feel what it’s like to live under Israeli occupation, and maybe that’s why this book is being banned. Twelve-year-old Karim and his family can’t leave their house during the army’s curfew, and Karim is tired of dealing with his siblings and parents when all he wants to do is play soccer.
When he’s allowed out, Karim befriends a boy from the refugee camp, and they build a soccer field in an old junkyard. But when Karim gets stuck there when the Israeli soldiers come back and impose another curfew, things get scary, and Karim…
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