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149 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| April, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-1-59990-200-5$16.95
(3)
YA
Translated by Adriana Hunter.
After a bomb explodes near her Jerusalem home, Tal, a seventeen-year-old Israeli, asks her military nurse brother to take a message in a bottle to Gaza. The serious, thoughtful young Palestinian man who answers the message cements her commitment to the potential--and necessity--for peace. Strong characterizations, emotional honesty, and vivid descriptions forge a memorable reading experience.