In a rehabilitation center for disabled children, twelve-year-old Nora says she loves the color pink and chewing gum and explains that the wheels of her wheelchair are like her legs. Eleven-year-old Mohammad describes how his house was...
Israel
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
- Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:
- Author:Klein, A. M.Summary:
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him?...
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards.Should she help him?...
- Author:Marom, MalkaSummary:
Does one honor one’s country or one’s heart? Malka Marom explores this classic dilemma in her stunningly powerful first novel, an extraordinary tale of people caught up in a violent and seemingly endless historical conflict, compelled...
- Author:Bergman, RonenSummary:
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" The Talmud says: "If...
- Author:Berger, Tamara FaithSummary:
It's just another boring summer for our teenaged narrator -- until Barbra arrives. An Ethiopian Jew, Barbra was brought to Israel at age five, a part of Operation Solomon, and now our narrator's well-intentioned father has...
- Author:Savir, UriSummary:
Uri Savir has an ambitious, indispensable goal: to bring peacemaking into the 21st century. “Little in today’s world,” writes Savir, “is more progressive than modern warfare. Yet little is more archaic than peacemaking.” We remain...
- Author:Faraj, RezeqSummary:
Voici un livre incontournable pour comprendre la Palestine et ce qu’on omet généralement de nous dire sur le conflit israélo-palestinien. PALESTINE : Le refus de disparaître est un éloquent plaidoyer en faveur de l’instauration d’une...
- Author:Ephron, DanSummary:
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin radically altered the future of both Israel and the Palestinians. In a riveting narrative, Ephron tells the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, for two years leading up to the...
- Author:Elkeles, SimoneSummary:
Y.A.L.S.A. 2007 Teens’ Top Ten "A breezy read." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “Fresh, fun and fabulous! Guaranteed NOT to ruin your summer vacation!” —Mari Mancusi, author of Boys that Bite How To Ruin a Summer Vacation...
- Author:Stone, RobertSummary:
Jewish and Christian terrorists unite in a scheme to blow up Islamic mosques on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The plot is discovered by Christopher Lucas, a Jewish-Catholic journalist.
- Author:Leach, DavidSummary:
A fascinating, non-partisan exploration of an incendiary region
Say the word “Israel” today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. Yet for decades, the symbol of the...
- Author:Gandt, RobertSummary:
Angels in the Sky is the gripping story of how an all-volunteer air force helped defeat five Arab nations and protect the fledgling Jewish state. It is the exhilarating account of a ragtag band of volunteer airmen from around the world...