A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home by Odeh, Maysa

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home

A Kirkus Best Book of 2024A Booklist Editors Choice 2024A young Palestinian girl living in diaspora struggles...
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Author: Maysa Odeh
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Language: English
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A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home by Odeh, Maysa

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home

$30.87

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home

$30.87
Author: Maysa Odeh
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A Kirkus Best Book of 2024
A Booklist Editors Choice 2024


A young Palestinian girl living in diaspora struggles to find her homeland on a map in this gentle and heartfelt picture book.

At school, Falasteen and her classmates are tasked with finding their families' home countries on a map, but no matter how hard she looks, Falasteen can't find Palestine.

Can a place exist if it's not on a map? Confused, Falasteen turns to her family for answers. Her grandfather, grandmother, and Mama encourage her to see their homeland from a different perspective, and each of their stories helps her understand her people's history and her own place in the world.

Filled with beautiful, inspiring illustrations and thoughtful back matter that outlines key terms and historical moments, this is a story of family, resilience and home always being where the heart is.

Author: Maysa Odeh
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 10/22/2024
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.25h x 10.35w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781250896704
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 554057 / Map for Falasteen


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 08/19/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2024
Booklist 10/01/2024 pg. 67

About the Author

Maysa Odeh is a Palestinian writer who grew up between Amman, Jordan and the United States. Her debut picture book was written during the assault on Gaza in 2021, which sparked a conversation between herself and her inner child. A Map for Falasteen answers the questions she was too shy to ask as a child of Palestinian refugees. Maysa resides in California with her four year old daughter, Malak, who asks questions all day long in Arabic and English, and sometimes even in her sleep.

Aliaa Betawi
is a self-taught Palestinian artist based in Alexandria, Egypt who developed her craft by observing her gifted mother. She believes that every kid deserves a childhood filled with magical, joyful memories and this is what she works to give to all kids, including herself. A Map for Falasteen was her opportunity to capture a single elusive memory in Palestine, a memory she could not enjoy as a Palestinian child in exile.


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