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The Thunderbird trilogy is a fast-paced time-traveling fantasy
adventure centered on Noor, a young orphaned Palestinian girl who
starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical
bird feathers and save the world. In this second installment, Noor
finds herself in the year 1177 in Jerusalem, during the Crusades.
With the help of Sabeeka, Zainab, a girl who has the power to
become invisible, and her local resistance group, Noor must once
again find a feather belonging to the thunderbird before it burns,
in order to prevent the world of the djinn from collapsing into the
human world. Along the way, Noor helps the resistance group save
hundreds of books and manuscripts from being burned. Like the first
book in the Thunderbird trilogy, Book Two combines the magical with
real events from Palestinian history to take the reader on a wild
and adventurous ride through time.
The Thunderbird trilogy is a fast-paced time-traveling fantasy
adventure centered on Noor, a young orphaned Palestinian girl who
starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical
bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls
who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird’s
powers, in this initial volume Noor begins her journey through
different historical periods, striving to keep the wall between
worlds intact.
A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more
about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today.
Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain's best-known young
adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of
the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young
boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in
their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a
Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West
Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home
with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play
football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend
discover an unused patch of ground that's the perfect site for a
football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed
building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there's constant
danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim
outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will
survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing
young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies
already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to
find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United
States.
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