num_pages: 272
description: An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi Shihab Nye.The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father grew up there, Liyana knows very little about her family’s Arab heritage. Her grandmother and the rest of her relatives who live in the West Bank are strangers and speak a language she can’t understand. It isn’t until she meets Omer that her homesickness fades. But Omer is Jewish, and their friendship is silently forbidden in this land. How can they make their families understand? And how can Liyana ever learn to call this place home?
language: English
title: Habibi
titlecomplete: Habibi
genres: Cultural, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Romance, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 2741
places: Jerusalem, Palestine, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, Israel
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association), awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers