Ahlam Bsharat
Auteur de Code Name: Butterfly
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- Autres noms
- بشرة، اهلم
- Sexe
- female
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 35
- Popularité
- #405,584
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 6
- Langues
- 1
While this book is perhaps more serious than many YA novels it's not especially solemn and the teen protagonist manages to have enough of a sense of humour to perceive the absurdities of growing up under military occupation by a foreign power.
On the family cat: "'I didn't get too upset when Wadee died,' she declared. 'After all, he's a martyr, since Abu Mansur ran him over on the way to work for the occupiers.' She tried to act as if she were fully convinced of every word she was saying and wasn't heartbroken. So she looked hilarious and miserable at the same time, and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry."
Children in Jordan: "'They don't have to carry their birth certificates with them everywhere they go to prove they're too young to have to show an ID. In Palestine, children have to prove they're children.'"… (plus d'informations)