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Rosenberg, Liz

The Silence in the Mountains

32 pp. March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-531-30084-6 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-531-33084-2 $$16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet. Iskander and his family flee their unnamed war-torn homeland for America, but even in the rolling farmland they settle in, he longs for his homeland's pre-war rural tranquility. This immigrant story is original and satisfying, although young Iskander's adultlike preoccupation with silence mildly strains the plausibility. Characters are depicted either beaming or frowning, but the watercolors are otherwise nuanced.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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