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Author Abirached, Zeina, 1981-

Uniform Title Jeu des hirondelles. English
Title A game for swallows : to die, to leave, to return / [story and art by] Zeina Abirached ; [translation by Edward Gauvin].

Imprint Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  956.92 Abi GRAPHIC    ---  Available
Edition 1st American ed.
Description 188 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note Translated from the French.
Translation of: Le jeu des hirondelles.
Indexed In: School Library Journal starred, September 2012
Publisher's Weekly, August 2012
Booklist, August 2012
Horn Book, April 2013
Choice, April 2013
Kirkus Review, August 2012
Library Media Connection, May 2013
Summary Zeina Abirached, a woman born into a Lebanese Christian family in 1981 during the civil war in Lebanon, reflects on her childhood, the disappearance of her parents, and the help and protection she received from neighbors.
Audience Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
GN680 Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.4 1.0 153208. 9
Awards Mildred L. Batchelder Award/Honors, 2013
Genre/Form Memoir.
Subject Abirached, Zeina, 1981- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Lebanon -- History -- 1975-1976, Civil War -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Beirut (Lebanon) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Added Author Gauvin, Edward, tr.
Added Title To die, to leave, to return
ISBN 9781575059419

 
    
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