book creatureHabibi by Naomi Shihab Nye is a 1999 #middlegrade novel about an Arab-American girl who moves to Israel. She is wistful about moving ...she's just had her first kiss at home in St. Louis.
This book is so warm, and funny, and moving, and charming. It also deals with identity and culture and conflict. But mostly it's a lovely portrait of being a young teen. This author is a poet, and the story is semi-autobiographical.
A #homeschooling readaloud for us.
