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Overview
Separated from her family by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, spoiled 13 year old Danah, stealthily returns to say "sorry" to her parents and to help liberate her country.Author Biography Firyal Alshalabi is the author of several children's books and other fiction published in the U.S. and Kuwait. She earned her doctorate degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and taught at Kuwait University for eight years. Summer 1990 is her first young adult novel.
Editorials
ALAN Review
Thirteen-year-old Danah--spoiled but happy--looks forward to her visit with her uncle in New York. She has never left her home in Kuwait, but she believes her New York adventure will be very exciting. Little does she know how exciting her life will become. While in New York, Danah learns of the Iraqi mission. Having left her family with less than the best relationship, Danah feels she must return home. With help from a friend and other family members living in Saudi Arabia, Danah stealthily returns to make amends with her family and to help liberate her country. This is a good read to help introduce young readers to a world crisis in their own time. Genre: Gulf War, Coming of Age. 1999, Aunt Strawberry Books, Ages 12 up, $6.99. Reviewer: John H. BushmanBook Details
Published
April 1, 1999
Publisher
Boulder, Colo. : Aunt Strawberry Books, c1999.
Pages
138
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780966998801