Saturday, November 22, 2014

A GAME FOR SWALLOWS

Author:  Zeina Abirached
Genre:  YA Graphic Memoir, Standalone
Published:  2012 (English version)
Personal Rating:  3.5/5 (good)
Format:  Book
Yearly Count:  86


Two young children are left in their Beirut apartment when their parents don't return from visiting their grandparents.

This gave great insight into the civil war in Lebanon.

Thoughts of Joy
  



2 comments:

  1. I read this one earlier in the year and like you learned a bit about the Lebanese Civil War. Wish that it would have been a bit more indepth, but I guess the whole looking through the eyes of a child thing. ;) I think she has another, though? Haven't sought it out yet.

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    1. Trish ~ Oh! Thanks for that tidbit. I will have to look her up and see what else I can find. :)

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