The Shepherd's Granddaughter

by Anne Laurel Carter

Book Overview

Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, the Society of School Librarians International Best Book Award and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book Ever since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be a shepherd, just like her beloved grandfather, Sido. For generations her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead near Hebron, and she has been steeped in Sido's stories,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888999038
• ISBN13: 9780888999030
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 9

Customer Reviews

Well written fiction showing a conflict from one point of view

I have looked at this book several times and was always put off by the cover. Last night I started reading it and was immediately drawn in. The story follows independent Amani (starting from age 6 to mid-teens) as she and her close-knit Palestinian family deal with the conflict with Israel. I am not able to speak to the accuracy of the portrayal of politics in the book, and it is obvious this story is told from Amani's point of view. All that aside, the story is riveting, Amani and her family are wonderfully rich characters, and I predict you will find the book hard to put down. This book would spark an interesting discussion on the conflict Mddle East, and could be a stepping stone to finding other books (both fiction and nonfiction) that portrayed the situation from the Israeli point of view. Suggestion to the publisher: add a map, and change the cover.

About unfairness in life

Very incisive depiction of life in the occupied land of Palestine and how to survive the degrading conditions of life under repressive occupation.