A Boy from Baghdad

by Miriam Halahmy

"Jews are no longer safe in Iraq. When are you going to get it through your thick head?"

It's 1951, and twelve-year-old Salman Shasha is happy with his life in Baghdad. But trouble is brewing. Salman and his family are Iraqi Jews and their government has been turning against their community for years. Things become so dangerous that the whole family are forced to leave Iraq for Israel, the "Promised Land".

Once they arrive, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784389900
• ISBN13: 9781784389901
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Green Bean Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7