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Girl of Kosovo by Alice Mead (2001, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374326207

ISBN-139780374326203

eBay Product ID (ePID)1795488

Product Key Features

Book TitleGirl of Kosovo

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicFamily / Siblings, General, People & Places / Europe, Social Themes / Friendship, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, Historical / Military & Wars

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorAlice Mead

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight10.1 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN00-044239

Dewey Edition21

Reviews*"Based on the experience of one Albanian family caught upo in the ethnic wars in Kosovo, this moving novel tells the story through the eyes of a young girl." -Starred, Booklist, *"Based on the experience of one Albanian family caught upo in the ethnic wars in Kosovo, this moving novel tells the story through the eyes of a young girl." -Starred,Booklist

Grade FromFifth Grade

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey DecimalFic

Synopsis*"Based on the experience of one Albanian family caught upo in the ethnic wars in Kosovo, this moving novel tells the story through the eyes of a young girl." -Starred, Booklist, A child's perspective on war. In 1998 the Serb military intensifies its efforts to expel Albanians from Kosovo. Ethnic cleansing forces many families to seek safety in the surrounding hills and mountains. The Kosovo Liberation Army fights back guerrilla style, struggling for an independent Kosovo. Some Albanian villagers support the freedom fighters. Others fear that armed resistance, which they have successfully avoided through long years of Serb repression, will only increase the death toll. And always there is terrible tension between Serbian and Albanian neighbors who once were friends. Eleven-year-old Zana Dugolli, an Albanian Kosovar, isn't sure what to think. She does know not to speak her language to Serbs. And every day she worries about her mother and father, her brothers, the farm, the apple orchard. Already she has lost her best friend, a Serb. Then Zana's village is shelled, and her worst nightmare is realized. Her father and two brothers are killed in the attack, and her leg is shattered by shrapnel. Alone in a Serb hospital, she remembers her father's words: "Don't let them fill your heart with hate." Based on a true story, Alice Mead's stark, affecting novel about a place and conflict she knows well will help young readers understand the war in Kosovo.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.M47887Gi 2001