num_pages: 299
description: Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school his friends or his beloved grandfather Siddi. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor Michigan where his parents will go to graduate school. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcasebut he refuses. Finally she calls Siddi for help. But rather than pack Aref and Siddi go on a series of adventures. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert they sleep on Siddis roof they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. At each stop Siddi finds a small stone that he later slips into Arefs suitcasemementos of home.
language: English
title: The Turtle of Oman
publisher: Greenwillow Books