Book description
Since her father left Lebanon to find work and her mother tragically
died in a shell attack, ten-year-old Ayesha has been living in the
bomb-ravaged city of Beirut with her granny and her two younger
brothers. The city has been torn in half by civil war and a desolate,
dangerous no man's land divides the two sides. Only militiamen and tanks
dare enter this deadly zone, but when Granny falls desperately ill
Ayesha sets off on a terrifying journey to reach a doctor living in
enemy territory.
Elizabeth Laird is the author of many award-winning children's
novels. KISS THE DUST, about the experience of the Kurds, won the
Children's Book Award. JAKE'S TOWER, RED SKY IN THE MORNING, SECRET
FRIENDS and THE GARBAGE KING were all nominated for the Carnegie
Medal. She also garnered much attention for her novel A LITTLE PIECE
OF GROUND, the story of a Palestinian boy living under military
occupation.
