Title: Habibi
Description: When fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians. Fourteen-year-old Liyana Abboud loves to hear her father call her habibi--Arabic for "darling". But she's not prepared for her family's decision to move from St. Louis to Jerusalem. This provocative first novel from the acclaimed poet builds a bridge to the Arab world, introduces a family readers won't soon forget, and offers a hope for peace.
Subjects: Emigration and immigration, Fiction, Families, Jewish-Arab relations, Family life, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 8, Juvenile fiction, Immigration and emigration, Children's fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Jerusalem, fiction, Family life, fiction
Places: Jerusalem