Ashes of a lost country
The author was born in a village in Palestine in 1950, where he spent his childhood and part of his boyhood. This stage of his life was a mixture of joy, mischief, and misery. After his mother’s death, he entered a boarding military school in Jordan. In 1967, after the Israelis had swept his country, he became homeless. After secondary school, he was given the scholarship to study in Algeria. While living in Algeria, he befriended some French individuals, who invited him to France, where he found refuge and deep friendship in the French peasants’ community. At present, he lives in the United Arab Emirates.
Luv ya bunches : a flower power book
What do Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Milla, and Violet all have in common? Other than being named after flowers, practically nothing. Katie-Rose is a film director in training. Yasaman is a computer whiz. Milla is third in command of the A list. And Violet is the new girl in school. They’re fab girls, all of them, but they sure aren’t friends. And if evil queen bee Medusa— ’Scuse me, Modessa—has her way, they never will be. But this is the beginning of a new school year when anything can happen, and social worlds can collide . . .
Told in Lauren Myracle’s inventive narrative style—here a fresh mix of instant messages, blog posts, screenplay, and straight narrative—Luv Ya Bunches, the first in a four-book series, is a funny, honest depiction of the shifting alliances and rivalries that shape school days, and of the lasting friendships that blossom from the skirmishes
