A girl made of dust
Eight-year-old Ruba lives in a village outside Beirut with her family during the 1980s. Then Israeli troops invade Lebanon, and Ruba realizes that it is really hard to keep her family safe.
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Girls > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction. Lebanon > History > Civil War, 1975-1990 > Juvenile fiction. |
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Historical fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0385667531
- ISBN: 9780385667531
- Physical Description 236 pages
- Publisher Toronto : Doubleday Canada, [2009]
- Copyright ©2009
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A Girl Made of Dust
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A Girl Made of Dust
A first novel with tremendous heart, which captures both a country and a childhood in turmoil. Ten-year-old Ruba lives in a village outside Beirut. From her family home, she can see the buildings shimmering on the horizon and the sea stretched out beside them. She can also hear the rumble of the shelling - this is Lebanon in the 1980s and civil war is tearing the country apart. Ruba however has her own worries. Her father hardly ever speaks and spends most of his days sitting in his armchair, avoiding work and family. Her mother looks so sad that Ruba thinks her heart might have withered in the heat like a fig. Her elder brother, Naji, has started to spend his time with older boys - and some of them have guns. When Ruba decides she has to save her father, and when she uncovers his secret, she begins a journey which takes her from childhood to the beginnings of adulthood.