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A Girl Made of Dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi

A Girl Made of Dust

by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi

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  • Jul 2009, 240 pages
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  • Sandra M. (Philadelphia, PA)
    A Girl Made of Dust
    I expected to be thoroughly captivated by this book. However, I was not. After the first 60, or so, pages.....I lost interest. I found it slow...and slower. None of the characters interested me. I don't know why.....but, that's how I felt while plodding through this novel. I am extremely disappointed that this book was less than I anticipated.
  • Patricia L. Librarian (Seward, AK)
    Family in a Futile War
    Although told by an eight year old, A Girl Made of Dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi is not a children’s book. Set in a small village outside of Beirut during the long years of conflict the story reveals the life of a city under siege as experienced by a young girl and her family. The story may be compared to The Kite Runner, though not as compelling. Reading about this family can be as fatiguing as enduring the war itself.
  • Becky H. children's librarian, (Chicago, Illinois)
    The last 1/4 makes slogging through the first 3/4 worthwhile
    I was excited to start this book, but after the first 50 pages I had lost interest. The heroine/narrator was simply too young to tell or comprehend the story. Half way through the characters were still puzzles as was the situation they found themselves in. The most intriguing character was Amal, who doesn't speak.

    That said, the last 70 pages WERE interesting and compelling -- finally something happened. If you are interested in the Israeli-Lebenon War and willing to wade through the first 150 pages of this adult (perhaps young adult) novel the descriptions and often times lyrical writing make it worthwhile.
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