Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine
by Ibtisam Barakat
A follow-up to Tasting the Sky, a memoir of her childhood, easily stands on its own... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Middle Eastern
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2016
Word Count 52,777
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 185633
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Girls
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Barakat, Ibtisam--Childhood and youth
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Juvenile literature
- Girls--Education--Arab countries--Juvenile literature
- Children, Palestinian Arab--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Youth, Palestinian Arab
- Youth, Palestinian Arab--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children, Palestinian Arab
- Autobiographies
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Arab countries
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Family | Multigenerational
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
- Barakat, Ibtisam
- Young Adult Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Multigeneratio
- Education
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Political
- Childhood and youth
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Multigenerational
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- Global Reading
- Niles High School Books
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Ibtisam Barakat
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Interview with Ibtisam Barakat
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2020
Honor, 2017
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2020
Commended, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Young Adults Selection, 2017
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2021
Multicultural and International Honor, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
Biography Selection, 2017
Arab American Book Award, 2007-2020
Honor, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2021
Selection, 2017
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