Saboreando el cielo: Una Infancia Palestina (Bambú Vivencias) - Softcover

"Beautifully crafted vignettes . . .[bring] to life a Palestinian world that may be unfamiliar to American readers, but which they will come to know and appreciate. Readers will be charmed by the writer-to-be as she falls in love with chalk, the Arabic alphabet, and the first-grade teacher who recognizes her abilities." --"School Library Journal"

"A spare, eloquent memoir. . . . What makes [it] so compelling is the immediacy of the child's viewpoint, which depicts both conflict and daily life without exploitation or sentimentality." --"Booklist"

"Beautifully crafted vignettes . . .[bring]to life a Palestinian world that may be unfamiliar to American readers, but which they will come to know and appreciate. Readers will be charmed by the writer-to-be as she falls in love with chalk, the Arabic alphabet, and the first-grade teacher who recognizes her abilities." "School Library Journal""

"Aspare, eloquent memoir. . . .What makes [it] so compelling is the immediacy of the child's viewpoint, which depicts both conflict and daily life without exploitation or sentimentality." "Booklist""

Poderosas y demoledoras memorias que reflejan la infancia de la autora en un mundo hecho añicos por la guerra: la huida de su casa y la separación de su familia cuando estalla la Guerra de los Seis Días; la dura vida de los refugiados palestinos; la inesperada alegría al conocer el alfabeto árabe... La lengua será su refugio