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HONORS for TASTING THE SKY:

♥ Winner: International Reading Association Awards
♥ Winner: Arab American National Museum Awards
♥ Winner: Middle East Council Awards
♥ Winner: The Cybils independent bloggers awards
♥ Winner: Skipping Stones honor awards
♥ Winner: Battle of the Books, Elk Grove, Illinois, USA.
♥ School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
♥ School Library Journal starred review
♥ USBBY Outstanding International Book
♥ International Reading Association Book for Global Society
♥ International Reading Association Teachers Choice
♥ American Library Association Notable Children's Book
♥ CCBC Choice (University of WI)
♥ NCSS-CBC Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies
♥ Booklinks Lasting Connection

♥ Booklist starred review
♥ Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice

♥ Kirkus Reviews starred review
♥ New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
♥ Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
♥ VERMONT DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER award master list

♥ BOOK ONE, Bard College at Simon's Rock, MA, USA.
♥ TOP 10 BOOKS for ONE READ, Columbia, MO, USA.

♥ Best story award of the anthology CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, CHILDREN OF PALESTINE given to the short story that later on became the first chapter of TASTING THE SKY.


TASTING THE SKY IS AVAILABLE in: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Farsi, and in several formats
1) Electronic version 2) Hardcover 3) Edition for the visually impaired, and 4) Paperback. Thank you for reading.