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Crescent Star
Crescent Star
Crescent Star
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Crescent Star

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Short-listed for the 2012 Coast Reads

Avi Greenbaum is Jewish and lives in West Jerusalem. Moussa Shakir is Palestinian and lives in East Jerusalem. Both are 15 years old, live without their fathers, adore their older brothers, and belong to the same soccer club. Avi commemorates the Holocaust and celebrates Israeli independence, while Moussa mourns on Nakba Day, marking the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. Their lives are parallel lines: they have everything in common and nothing at all. Each is oblivious to the others existence.

As Avi and Moussa go about their daily routines in the spring of 2006, they face reminders of the conflict that has dogged the region for the past three generations the security wall, suicide bombings, police operations, and the looming shadow of war. While navigating this legacy of suspicion and violence, they must decide what their own roles in the stalemate will be.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDundurn
Release dateFeb 9, 2011
ISBN9781554888351
Crescent Star
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Nicholas Maes

Nicholas Maes is a high school history teacher and teaches classics at the University of Waterloo. His previous novels for young people are Crescent Star, Locksmith, and Transmigration. Maes' first Felix Taylor Adventure was Laughing Wolf, which was nominated for the Snow Willow Award. He lives in Toronto.

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    Avi and Moussa are both 15, both live in Jerusalem and both play soccer. But Avi is Jewish whilst Moussa is Palestinian. They live parallel lives but only meet when their respective soccer coaches organise matches between the two teams.This book is great for giving an insight into what life is like in Jerusalem but I couldn't really connect with the characters and some of the similarities between the two boys lives seemed too contrived.

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