Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine

*Author: Barakat, Ibtisam. 2016. 217p. Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux/Margaret Ferguson Books. Gr.8-up.

About

Set against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the author tells her story of defying traditional gender roles in order to finish her education, avoid early marriage, and help her mother obtain an education.

Details

ISBN:

978-0-374-30251-1

Awards Won

Title Year
bloomer.jpg The Amelia Bloomer Book List
The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual annotated book list (or bibliography) of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers (ages birth through 18).
Please note, this award is now called "Rise: A Feminist Book Project"
2017 - Selection(s)