A Little Piece of Ground Novels
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- Multiple award-winning novelist Elizabeth Laird is the author of numerous children's books based on themes of social inequality.
- She lives in Surrey, England.
- Sonia Nimr is a lecturer at Bir Zeit University in Palestine.
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- Grade 6-10–Karim, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, works with two friends to transform an abandoned lot in Ramallah–the little piece of ground–into a soccer field and a getaway from the trials of both family and life under occupation.
- Hopper, a new friend who had until recently lived in a refugee camp and whose older brother is in the custody of the Israelis, and Joni, a Christian boy whose family has always been close to Karim's, represent in some ways the opposite poles that Karim yo-yos between.
- Hopper is somewhat suspect, simply because he was a refugee. Furthermore, his actions are brash and defiant; he stands up to an Israeli tank, brandishing an eggplant like a grenade and swinging from its gun.
- The town is put under Israeli curfew, and first Hopper and later Karim are shot at by soldiers and wounded, Karim seriously enough to require hospitalization.
Product Code: 9780330437431
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| ISBN-13 | 9780330437431 |
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| Author | Sonia Nimr |
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