Book description
Shortlisted for the 2023 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, Society of Authors
A Palestinian girl travels to the past in a magical quest to save the world.
The Thunderbird trilogy is a fast-paced time-traveling fantasy adventure centered on Noor, a young orphaned Palestinian girl who starts in…
Why read it?
1 author picked Thunderbird as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book because it combines fantasy, history, culture, and superstition. It’s also a translation, which lets English readers read what their Palestinian agemates are reading.
The fast-paced story follows Noor, an orphaned girl from Ramallah in the West Bank, as she travels back and forth in time with mythical creatures, facing life-threatening obstacles, to solve a mystery that will save the world.
From Nora's list on The best children’s books featuring Palestine.
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