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Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too. This memoir is a touching, at times funny, and enlightening look at the not often depicted daily life in a politically tumultuous area.A Margaret Ferguson Book
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Welcome message From Palestinian-American author Ibtisam Barakat ?????? ????? "Ahlan" ???? to all readers. Ahlan is an Arabic word meaning "welcome, for all people are one family." And ???? "shukran", thank you, for reading my memoirs: TASTING THE SKY, a Palestinian Childhood, and BALCONY ON THE MOON, Coming of Age in Palestine. I hope that you love them.Tasting the Sky and Balcony on the Moon are stand-alone companions. One can be read without the other. However Balcony on the Moon continues the story started in Tasting the Sky. Professional readers gave both books starred reviews. And together the two memoirs are winners of more than thirty awards and honors, including: International Reading Association's Best Non-Fiction for YA IRA teachers Choice Award, IRA Book for a Global SocietyMiddle East Outreach Council Best Literature Book Award USBBY Outstanding International BookArab-American National Museum Book Award for YA and children Cybils (Bloggers) Best Non-Ficiton for YA and Children Book AwardAmerican Library Association Notable Book honor New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Tasting the Sky is now available in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Farsi and several formats including Hardcover, paperback, Scholastic edition, electronic, and edition for the visual special needs. Visit my website: ibtisambarakat.com for more resources such as interviews with the author, poems, how to say the author name, TEDx talk on Ibtisam's love for languages and more. * Ibtisam Barakat is currently working on her third memoir -- of the college years. So if you loved TASTING THE SKY and BALCONY ON THE MOON, you can expect to have another book by Ibtisam Barakat. Have a beautiful day all readers and everyone. May this world grow in kindness and beautiful humanness with every word read, said, and understood. Signed, Author Ibtisam Barakat ??????? ?????? ?????
