"In these "twelve brushes with religion" written by leading young-adult authors, teens from a wide range of beliefs search for answers to the hard questions of faith at crucial points in their lives. Braving the long-held taboo in teen fiction against spiritual inquiry, I Believe in Water approaches God from surprising angles. Virginia Euwer Wolff shows us three different girls confronting unwanted pregnancies, praying in the contex ..."
"Metropolitan Detroit is home to one of the largest, most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East, yet the complex world Arabic-speaking immigrants have created there is barely visible on the landscape of ethnic America. In this volume, Nabeel Abraham and Andrew Shryock bring together the work of twenty-five contributors to create a richly detailed portrait of Arab Detroit. The book goes behind the bulletproof glass in Iraqi Cha ..."
"Metropolitan Detroit is home to one of the largest, most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East, yet the complex world Arabic-speaking immigrants have created there is barely visible on the landscape of ethnic America. In this volume, Nabeel Abraham and Andrew Shryock bring together the work of twenty-five contributors to create a richly detailed portrait of Arab Detroit. The book goes behind the bulletproof glass in Iraqi Cha ..."
Red Suitcase Poems (American Poets Continuum Series,) by NaomiShihabNye Hardcover, 90 Pages, Published 2000 by Boa Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-880238-14-1, ISBN: 1-880238-14-4
"Come with me To the quiet minute between two noisy minutes It's always waiting ready to welcome us Tucked under the wing of the day I'll be there Where will you be? A journey with Naomi Shihab Nye and Dan Yaccarino is impossible to resist. Sixteen luminous poems by Nye are accompanied by Yaccarino's stunning mixed-media collages. Nye, poet, novelist, essayist, and anthologist, writes of journeys--internal and external, short a ..."
"Since summer was six years old she lived with dear Aunt May and Uncle Ob. Now, six years later, Aunt May has died. Summer, who misses May with all her might, is afraid something will happen to Ob. Most days Ob seems like he doesn't want to go on.But then Ob feels May's spirit around him and he wants to contact her. Cletus Underwood, a strange boy from school, reads about someone who could help him do that. Summer wants to hear from May ..."
Habibi by NaomiShihabNye Pasta Reforzada, Published 1999 by Demco Media ISBN-13: 978-0-606-16320-0, ISBN: 0-606-16320-4
"What have you lost? A friend? A brother? A wallet? A memory? A meaning? A year?Each NightImages,dream news,fragments,flashthen fade.These darkened walls.Here, I say.Climb intothis story.Be remembered!Jay Bremyer00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council, 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA), 00 Riverbank Review Magazine's Chil ..."
Habibi(Reprint) by NaomiShihabNye Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1999 by Simon Pulse Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-689-82523-1, ISBN: 0-689-82523-4
"An award-winning novel about identity, family, and friendship from renowned writer and editor Naomi Shihab Nye.The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father grew up there, Liyana knows very little about her family’s Arab heritage. Her grandmother and the ..."
" The challenge for mothers of sons is to realize that because we do not share a sexual identity, that because we have not grown up in a male body, we cannot presume to understand everything there is to know about our sons' worlds. -- Patricia Stevens In this absolutely superb collection of mothers' personal narratives, some classic writers, as well as exciting new voices, ponder the conflicts and joys of raising sons. Patricia Stevens' ..."
Habibi by NaomiShihabNye Published 1999 by Recorded Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4025-5357-8, ISBN: 1-4025-5357-9
Habibi by NaomiShihabNye Library, 271 Pages, Published 1999 by Turtleback Books: A Division Of Sanval ISBN-13: 978-0-613-18312-3, ISBN: 0-613-18312-6
Habibi (Hardback or Cased Book) by NaomiShihabNye Hardcover, 271 Pages, Published 1999 by Perfection Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-7807-9786-4, ISBN: 0-7807-9786-8
"An award-winning first novel about the ties of family, friendship, and love. What is it like to be young in Palestine today? This is the focus of this stirring docunovel, which breaks new ground in YA fiction.--Booklist, boxed review."
Sitti's Secrets by NaomiShihabNye Paperback, Published 1998 by Center For Applied Research In Education ISBN-13: 978-0-87628-371-4, ISBN: 0-87628-371-7
"The editor of The Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World now presents a richly layered story of an Arab-American girl who travels wit h her father to the Middle East to visit her grandmother for the first time."
Fuel(1st Edition) Poems (American Poets Continuum Series) by NaomiShihabNye Paperback, 65 Pages, Published 1998 by Boa Editions Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-880238-63-9, ISBN: 1-880238-63-2
"A collection of poems that find meaning in a world where we are "so tired of meaning nothing", "Fuel" covers topics ranging from the border families of southern Texas to small ferns and forgotten books to Jews and Palestinians in the Middle East."
Tree Is Older Than You Are A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mexico With Paintings by Mexican Artists (Read With Me) (English, Spanish and Spanish Edition) by NaomiShihabNye, Larry Di Fiori Library, 111 Pages, Published 1998 by Demco Media ISBN-13: 978-0-606-13867-3, ISBN: 0-606-13867-6
"Offers more than one hundred Mexican poems and stories, by writers including Octavio Paz, Rosario Castellanos, and Homero Aridjis."