Tasting the Sky
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This book is a very personal, sensitive, and lyrical look at Barakat's early childhood growing up in the West Bank.
I was lucky enough to meet the author and receive an autographed copy of the book inscribed with my own name.
I never considered what would be like for Palestinians to have their land taken away and given to Israel. This book is a memoir of a girl who experienced the war between the Palestinians and Israel. The author writes beautifully and honestly of what it was like to live through the conflict. It's not a diatribe against Israel; it is just the story of a child living through turmoil in her world. I decided to get the book for my school library, though it may be a little too much for all but the upper grades.
