Mackenzie, Lost and Found
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9781550028522
Pages
251 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After the death of her mother, Mackenzie and her father move to Israel, where she befriends an American girl dealing with a similar tragedy and begins dating a Palestinian boy, which leads to her involvement with a black-market crime ring.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Family member death; Single parent; Interracial; death of a mother; single father; interracial relationship
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Israeli / Palestinian / White
Family Formation
single father
Keywords
Canadians; dating; Christianity; Islam; Muslim; Jerusalem; Palestine; bereavement; friendship; maturation; detective and mystery; antiquities
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kerbel, Deborah, "Mackenzie, Lost and Found" (2008). Diverse Families. 511.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/511