• The Space Between Our Footsteps

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    The Space Between Our Footsteps
    Compiler: Naomi Shihab Nye
    Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 1998
    Poetry
    ISBN:0689812337
    144 pages

    Synopsis

    In the attempt to dispel the myth that everything about Muslim culture and the Middle East is violent, dangerous, and cultureless, Nye has compiled a collection of Middle Eastern and Islamic poetry and art largely created throughout the 20th century. In her forward, she notes that because of the news, Americans have a very disparaging view of the Middle East and Muslims.

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    The Arrival

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    The Arrival
    Shaun Tan
    Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
    Graphic Novel – Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN-10: 0439895294
    128 pages

    Synopsis

    A story told solely through breathtaking art, Tan paints an imaginatory tale of an immigrant who leaves his family in a dangerous country in order to find work in a new place and save money to bring his family there.

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