The Turtle of Oman (14 page)

About the Author

NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of
Habibi: A Novel
and
Sitti's Secrets
, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

 

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Credits

Cover art © 2014 by Betsy Peterschmidt

Cover design by Paul Zakris

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used to advance the fictional narrative. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real.

 

The Turtle of Oman

Text copyright © 2014 by Naomi Shihab Nye.

Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Betsy Peterschmidt.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nye, Naomi Shihab.

The turtle of Oman : a novel / by Naomi Shihab Nye.

“Greenwillow Books.”

pages cm

Summary: When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Sidi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.

ISBN 978-0-06-201972-1 (hardback)

EPUB Edition JULY 2014 ISBN 9780062337610

[1. Emigration and immigration—Fiction. 2. Moving, Household—Fiction.
3. Grandfathers—Fiction. 4. Oman—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.N976Tur 2014  [Fic]—dc23     2014018263

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FIRST EDITION