19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

by Naomi Shihab Nye. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, $16.95.

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Nye's father is Palestinian and her mother is German-American, so she grew up in St. Louis, San Antonio, and Jerusalem. Her poetry includes stories of the Middle East through the eyes of an American child, as well as of America through the eyes of Middle Easterners.

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0-06-009765-5

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Best Books for Young Adults 2003 - Selection(s)

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