Alicia L. (arlee1954) reviewed on 2/24/2009 + 11 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Having recently become interested in the situation in Palestine/Israel, I wanted to read "personal accounts" by people who are or have been living through it.

This book is basically a collection of letters between a Palestinian Muslim teenage girl and an Israeli Jewish teenage girl. It highlights their thoughts on life, culture, politics and the situation of living in a divided country. Their friendship and understanding grow as they correspond with each other.

This book also gives a glossary of some terms used in the country, as well as a time frame of the relevant events.

Anyone who is interested in understanding more about the Israeli/Palestinian situation would do well to read this book. It's a fairly quick read, not very long and offers insights into what alot of people feel about the current dilemma there.

Worth 5 stars.

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