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Synopsis
When Sitti, an American girl, goes to visit her grandmother in her small Middle Eastern village on the other side of the world, they don't need words to understand each other's heart. "A thoughtful, loving affirmation of the bonds that transcend language barriers, time zones, and national borders."--School Library Journal. Full color.
Children's Literature
The gulf between Mona and her Palestinian grandmother, Sitti, is extensive. They don't speak the same language, eat the same foods, or wear the same clothes, and their countries are far apart. The evocative illustrations reinforce these differences. But the really important parts of life-love and sharing-overcome these barriers of language, culture, and distance. Mona grows to love her grandmother. When she returns home, she writes a letter about her grandmother to the President of the United States and asks for peace.