The year is 1302, or year 680 of the Hegira according to the Muslim calendar. Halima, a member of the Beduin tribe, Beni Khalid, has been betrothed to her cousin, Atiyah, since they were small. She dreams of one day being his wife. Uncle Saladeen arrives, and takes Atiyah to study at the university in Fez. Atiyah wants only to marry Halima and take over the leadership of the Beni Khalid when his adoptive father can no longer lead. After Atiyah leaves, the tribe must migrate to find food and water, and Halima is lost during a sandstorm. She gives herself up for dead. A hunter of the rival tribe, Beni Shummar, finds Halima and she is nursed back to health in the tribal encampment. The sheikh makes an offer of marriage, an offer that Halima, because of courtesy and custom, must accept, but she holds out hope that Atiyah will find her. Sequel to Ramsay Scallop.

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Reviewed by: vfv

Date read: 8/14/2012

ISBN-10: 0531095193

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'Bell and the Science of the Telephone' written by Brian Williams and uniquely illustrated by David Antram, makes a concept as complex as the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, interesting and understandable. This book is one in the series called 'The Explosion Zone' which highlights an important scientist along with his/her discovery. This series of books takes major advancements in science or chemistry and explains them in a unique and lively style. It provides the reader with a clear and sequential understanding of a scientific principal and how the science evolved. This is an excellent book and series for the budding scientist.

Similar authors: Brian Williams

Similar books: Curie and the Science of Radioactivity by Ian Graham; Faraday, Pioneer of Electricity by Brian Williams; Los hermanos Wright y la ciencia de la aviacion by Ian Graham

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/3/2010

ISBN-10: 0764159720

ISBN-13: 9780764159725

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This fun retelling of Benjamin Franklin's life is by his mouse friend Amos. Learn about the War of Independence, diplomacy in France, and Franklin's many inventions. According to Amos, most of Franklin's best ideas came straight from him!

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 8/25/2011

ISBN-10: 0316517321

ISBN-13: 9780316517324

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Nat Love was born in 1854 as a slave. After the Civil War ended, he worked hard to help support his family. After he won a contest for breaking horses, he decided to head out west and try to make his way on his own. Nat became a cowboy, and was so skilled at roping steer and shooting a gun that he won the Great Cowboy Games in Deadwood, South Dakota. After that, he was known as Deadwood Dick. Nat spent twenty years risking his life out in the west, facing torrential storms, stampeding buffalo, and vicious gunfights with bandits and various Indian tribes. This graphic novel is based on Nat Love's autobiography and the dramatic and colorful artwork skillfully reveals the exciting and dangerous events in his life. Nat Love was one of the few African American cowboys to gain notoriety, and this book does a great job of telling his story.

Similar books: Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes; Saloons, Shootouts, and Spurs: The Wild West in the 1800s by Kenneth McIntosh

Reviewed by: lauraf

Date read: 9/28/2012

ISBN-10: 0811857492

ISBN-13: 9780811857499

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In 1781, twelve-year-old Elizabeth Zane leaves Philadelphia to return to her brothers' homestead, near Fort Henry, in what is now West Virginia, where she plays an important role in the final battle of the American Revolution.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0395978998

ISBN-13: 9780395978993

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