Bøger af Susan Muaddi Darraj

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian community in Baltimore-from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich-lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion. Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main Palestinian

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore?from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich?lives which intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion.Funny and touching, Behind You Is the Sea brings us into the homes and lives of three main families?the Baladis, the Salamehs, and the Ammars?Palestinian immigrants who've all found a different welcome in America.Their various fates and struggles cause their community dynamic to sizzle and sometimes explode: The wealthy Ammar family employs young Maysoon Baladi, whose family struggles financially, to clean up after their spoiled teenagers. Meanwhile, Marcus Salameh, whose aunt married into the wealthy Ammar family, confronts his father in an effort to protect his younger sister for ?dishonoring? the family. Only a trip to Palestine, where Marcus experiences an unexpected and dramatic transformation, can bridge this seemingly unbridgeable divide between the two generations.Behind You Is the Sea faces stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on and, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets.

Feeling guilty over the house fire she might have started, Farah Hajjar channels her energy into starting a creative writing club at the Magnet Academy where she is a new sixth-grader. Includes writing prompts and glossaries.

Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection, and, ultimately, the deepest and richest meaning of home. A Curious Land gives voice to the experiences of Palestinians in the last century.

Before 1947, professional baseball was as segregated as the rest of American society: Black baseball players were forced to compete in the Negro Leagues, rather than in Major League Baseball. But on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and changed history. This biography traces the phenomenal rise of this American icon.

Absorbing accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history. Each text in this series examines the person's life in the context of the politics of the time. Elected PM in May 2001, Berlusconi is not only Italy's richest man but also the unrivalled owner of a vast business empire. Years 6-12. Age 12+.

Mahoney was the first African-American woman to break down the barriers and gain admittance to the nursing profession in the United States.