Book
A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
- Published
- 2007
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 188
- Words
- 6857
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 3.4
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 680L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two, separated by bricks and sandbags and threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return one afternoon from a visit to the other half of the city and the bombing grows ever closer, the neighbors in her apartment house create a world indoors for Zeina and her brother where it's comfy and safe, where they can share cooking lessons and games and gossip. Together they try to make it through a dramatic day in the one place they hoped they would always be safe—home.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781575059419
- ISBN-10
- 157505941X
Tags
ALSC NotablesFamily Life-ParentsGraphic NovelInterpersonal Relationships-NeighborsNonfictionPeople-ChildrenPlaces-CitiesSocial Issues-ViolenceWars-Misc./Other