Language:
Title in English:
The mystery of the falcon's eye
Illustrator:
Amar Khattab
Illustrations:
Black and white
Place of publication:
Amman
Country:
Publisher:
Dar Al-Salwa
Year of publication:
2014
Pages:
174 p.
Size:
21 x 15 cm
ISBN:
978-9957-040-79-6
Category:
Ziad has to leave school to help his family. His father is in prison, his younger brother is sick and, on the West Bank, jobs are scarce, especially for a 17-year-old. Life is tough… His paternal grandmother always tells stories about life in Lifta before they were driven out of their village in the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948, about the gold that the grandfather hid before they left. What if the story of the hidden gold was true, against all odds? This is an easy-to-read, suspenseful adventure story, marrying the hope of discovering buried treasure with a dream of a better life, all anchored in a difficult Palestinian present without ever becoming gloomy.