Ida In The Middle
SKU
9761623716860
ISBN
9781623716868

Ida In The Middle

$16.00
Author
Murad, Nora Lester

Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parentsā€™ village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging.

Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows whatā€™s coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like itā€™s all her faultā€”just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people still treat her like sheā€™ll never fit in. Ida wishes she could disappear.

One day, dreading a final class project, Ida hunts for food. She discovers a jar of olives that came from a beloved aunt in her familyā€™s village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself thereā€”as if her parents had never left Palestine! Things are different in this other realityā€”harder in many ways, but also strangely familiar and comforting. Now she has to make some tough choices. Which Ida would she rather be? How can she find her place?

Idaā€™s dilemma becomes more frightening as the day approaches when Israeli bulldozers are coming to demolish another home in her familyā€™s villageā€¦

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