| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 29 cm. |
| Indexed In: |
Bklst 04/15/2008 |
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SLJ Apr 2008 |
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PW 03/10/2008 |
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Kirkus 02/15/2008 |
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Horn Bk Mar 2008 |
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, April 2008 |
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Wilson Children's catalog |
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Horn book guide starred, vol. XIX, no. 2, Fall 2008, p. 315 |
| Audience |
004-008. BTSB. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader LG RL 3.8 0.5 120559 GNET |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
| Note |
"A Neal Porter book." |
| Summary |
As bombs and missiles fall on Baghdad in 2003, a young boy uses the art of calligraphy to distance himself from the horror of war. |
| Subject |
Calligraphy -- Fiction.
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Iraq War, 2003- -- Fiction.
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Writing -- Fiction.
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Baghdad (Iraq) -- Fiction.
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Iraq -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781596432765 (lib. bdg.) |
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1596432764 (lib. bdg.) |
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