The Turtle Of Oman

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062337610
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turtle of Oman written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised by the Horn Book as “both quiet and exhilarating,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. This book was awarded a 2015 Middle East Book Award, was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association, and includes extra material by the author. Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Siddi. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase, but he refuses. Finally, she calls Siddi for help. But rather than pack, Aref and Siddi go on a series of adventures. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert, they sleep on Siddi's roof, they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India, and they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. At each stop, Siddi finds a small stone that he later slips into Aref's suitcase—mementos of home. Naomi Shihab Nye's warmth, attention to detail, and belief in the power of empathy and connection shines from every page. Features black-and-white spot art and decorations by Betsy Peterschmidt.

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063014181
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turtle of Michigan written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stand-alone companion to National Book Award Finalist and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s The Turtle of Oman. The Turtle of Michigan is a deft and accessible novel that follows a young boy named Aref as he travels from Muscat, Oman, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and adjusts to a new life and a new school in the United States. A wonderful pick for young middle grade readers and fans of Other Words for Home and Billy Miller Makes a Wish. Aref is excited for his journey to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Aref makes a friend on an airplane, wonders what Michigan will be like, and starts school in the United States. While he does miss his grandfather, his Sidi, Aref knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him. Award-winning author Naomi Shihab Nye’s highly anticipated sequel to The Turtle of Oman explores immigration, family, and what it means to feel at home. Carrying a suitcase and memories of Oman, Aref experiences the excitement and nervousness that accompanies moving to a new home. The Turtle of Michigan is a great choice for reading aloud and a must-have for younger middle grade readers. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout.

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439115192
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Habibi written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Liyana Abboud would rather not have to change her life...especially now that she has been kissed, for the very first time and quite by surprise, by a boy named Jackson. But when her parents announce that Liyana's family is moving from St. Louis, Missouri, to Jerusalem -- to the land where her father was born -- Liyana's whole world shifts. What does Jerusalem hold for Liyana? A grandmother, a Sitti, she has never met, for one. A history much bigger than she is. Visits to the West Bank village where her aunts and uncles live. Mischief. Old stone streets that wind through time and trouble. Opening doors, dark jail cells, a new feeling for peace, and Omer...the intriguing stranger whose kisses replace the one she lost when she moved across the ocean.

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060504048
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 19 Varieties of Gazelle written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EM"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."/em Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside. EMMaybe they have something to tell us./em Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688161855
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Going written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florrie's favorite coffee shop, with its open mike night, dreamy candles, and cute waiters ... Going? The mysterious little hut selling fresh lemon ice on the west side of town ... Going? The boutique featuring clothes you don't find at the mall, allowing you to look like ... an interesting person ... Going? Individuality. Originality. Quality. Independence. Opportunity. Going, going, gone. What's a girl to do?

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : Aladdin
ISBN 13 : 9780689817069
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sitti's Secrets written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful picture book about family and love across distance. Mona’s grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small Palestinian village on the other side of the earth. Once, Mona went to visit her. The couldn’t speak each other’s language, so they made up their own. They learned about each other’s worlds, and they discovered each other’s secrets. Then it was time for Mona to go back home, back to the other side of the earth. But even though there were millions of miles and millions of people between them, they remained true neighbors forever.

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : American Poets Continuum
ISBN 13 : 9781942683735
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tiny Journalist written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by American Poets Continuum. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally celebrated poet places her Palestinian-American identity center stage, putting a human face on war, honoring courage, praying for peace.

Author : Susan Keeble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908531001
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tina the Turtle written by Susan Keeble and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful children's story with an important environmental message. Turtles need to swim free if they are to survive. This is the tale of one who could not. Suffering from "floating syndrome" ever since she mistook a plastic bag for a tasty jellyfish, Tina is doomed to bob around the surface waters of the Arabian Sea. Until rescuers come her way . . .

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher : Greenwillow Books
ISBN 13 : 9781484482049
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turtle of Oman written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Greenwillow Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him

Author : Martin Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Oman written by Martin Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: