Ida in the Middle

Description: Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents’ village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging. Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what’s coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it’s all her fault—just for being Palestinian! In eighth , Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people still treat her like she’ll never fit in. Ida wishes she could disappear. day, dreading a final class project, Ida hunts for food. She discovers a jar of olives that came from a beloved aunt in her family’s village near Jerusalem. Ida eats and finds herself there—as if her parents had never left Palestine! Things are different in this other reality—harder in many ways, but also strangely familiar and comforting. Now she has to make some tough choices. Which Ida would she rather be? How can she find her place? Ida’s dilemma becomes more frightening as the day approaches when Israeli bulldozers are coming to demolish another home in her family’s village…

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EAN: 9781623718060

ISBN: 9781623718060

Package Dimensions LxWxH: 8.31x5.63x0.79 Inches

Weight: 0.89 Pounds

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Book Title: Ida in the Middle

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated

Publication Year: 2022

Topic: Magical Realism, Lifestyles / City & Town Life, People & Places / Middle East

Item Height: 0.9 in

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Item Weight: 14.4 Oz

Author: Nora Lester Murad

Item Length: 8 in

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Hardcover