HABIBI
by Naomi Shihab  Nye
Simon & Schuster;ISBN: 0689801491;$16;1997

Fourteen-year-old Liyana, a collector of "great first lines," takes us on a lyrical journey of discovery when her Palestinian father moves his American family to a small town outside of Jerusalem.

Suggested for ages 12 - 15
Subjects: Arabs | Emigration | Family life | Immigration | Israel | Jerusalem | Palestine