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Author Nye, Naomi Shihab.

Title The turtle of Oman : a novel / Naomi Shihab Nye ; illustrations by Betsy Peterschmidt.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Fiction  J Nye    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 299 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Summary When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Source NBK 8/14 PPLY
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Moving, Household -- Fiction.
Grandfathers -- Fiction.
Oman -- Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience.
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational.
Added Author Peterschmidt, Betsy, illustrator.
ISBN 9780062019721
0062019724

 
    
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