Daniella Carmi
183 pgs
Scholastic Press (2002)
Subject Matter: Israel, War
Samir lives in Palestine during a war against Israel. His younger brother, Fadi, is shot by a soldier and then just a few weeks later, Samir is doing a trick on a bicycle and injures his leg. His mother obtains border passes that allow Samir to cross the border to an Israeli hospital where he can get the operation he needs from an American doctor. There are four other children in the same room as Samir. Yonatan and Samir become especially close friends as Samir learns compassion for the people that he has been taught to hate and that are enemies. Each child has their own cultural tale to tell and Yonatan gives Samir a dream to live by.
Review: Interesting how children do not have racial biases and can get along together fine if they are put in the right situation. With all the children having something medically wrong with them they have to rely on one another, the same way adults should rely on one another.
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