A Map of Home
Publisher
Other Press
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780143116264
Pages
292 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Nidali, the rebellious daughter of an Egyptian-Greek mother and a Palestinian father, narrates her story from her childhood in Kuwait, her early teenage years in Egypt (to where she and her family fled the 1990 Iraqi invasion), to her family's last flight to Texas.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; multicultural; multiracial; multiple cultures; multiple races
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Egyptian-Greek / Palestinian
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
immigrants; family; invasion; Iraq
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Jarrar, Randa, "A Map of Home" (2008). Diverse Families. 825.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/825