19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

Tell me how to live so many lives at once ...

Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.

Maybe they have something to tell us.

Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 04/16/2002
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780060097653

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 80002 / 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East

Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Middle East Book Awards - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Nautilus Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2002 pg. 1315
Kirkus Review - Children 04/15/2002 pg. 575
School Library Journal 05/01/2002 pg. 175
PW Notes and Reprints 05/20/2002 pg. 69
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2002 pg. 140
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2002 pg. 591
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 459 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2003 pg. 1290
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1309
Booklist 04/01/2003 pg. 1407
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 459 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2002
School Library Journal 03/01/2005 pg. 69
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 57

About the Author
Nye, Naomi Shihab: -

Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.