Awards

• Nominated for Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Older Readers 2009

Overview

Thirteen-year-old Hayaat is on a mission. She believes a handful of soil from her grandmother's ancestral home in Jerusalem will save her beloved Sitti Zeynab's life. The only problem is the impenetrable wall that divides the West Bank, as well as the checkpoints, the curfews, the permit system and Hayaat's best friend Samy, who is mainly interested in football and the latest elimination on X-Factor, but always manages to attract trouble. But luck is on their side. Hayaat and Samy have a curfew-free day to travel to Jerusalem. However, while their journey may only be a few kilometres long, it may take a lifetime to complete.

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9781742017198

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A poignant, funny and timely novel. -- Melina Marchetta Abdel-Fattah's writing flowed off the page, and she has a fantastic style. It kept me eagerly turning the pages. -- Amazon

Author Information

Randa Abdel-Fattah is the award-winning author of young adult novels Does My Head Look Big in This? and Ten Things I Hate About Me, and has her own identity hyphens to contend with (Australian-born-Muslim-Palestinian-Egyptian-choc-a-holic). Her books have received acclaim around the world. Most recently, Randa was awarded the Kathleen Mitchell Award, a biennial literary award that acknowledges excellence in writers under 30. Kellie Jones has acted in a variety of theatre and television productions in Boy Gets Girl and Honour, and in television's Blue Heelers. Kellie is an active member of Actors for Refugees, an informal network of actors who use their performance skills and public profiles to tell the stories of refugees in Australia. Kellie has also enjoyed working with young people as a drama teacher and workshop instructor.

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