The Turtle of Oman

The Turtle of Oman
ISBN-10
0062019783
ISBN-13
9780062019783
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2016-05-03
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Author
Naomi Shihab Nye

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Praised by the Horn Book as “both quiet and exhilarating,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of ...

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