A great "back-to-school" story to help build community - "Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn't speak. It's hard being the new kid in school, especially when you're from another country and don't know the language. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home, from dogs crunching their food to the ripple of friendly laughter. As she helps the class make apple cider, Farah connects with the other students and begins to feel that she belongs.
Ted Lewin's gorgeous sun-drenched paintings and Eve Bunting's sensitive text immediately put the reader into another child's shoes in this timely story of a young Muslim immigrant.
Some awards -
- 2007 -- IRA Teachers' Choice
- 2007 -- CCBC Choices
- 2007 -- Bank Street Best Chldn's Books of the Yr
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who doesn't love Eve Bunting?!
ReplyDeleteWardsboro and Wilmington and sounding better and better by the day. Still a LOOOONG way to go, but all the folks interviewed on the radio up here sound upbeat and happy to be progressing forward with repairs.
We have yet to see first hand the damage there since it takes FOREVER to get anywhere these days ;) poor, poor roads.