Why a Booktrail?
Anytime – A lovely story of the relationship between an American girl and her grandmother in Palestine
Sitti’s Secrets
What you need to know before your trail
A little girl visits her grandmother in Palestine and despite not speaking each other’s language, they learn to communicate in different ways. They love each other very much and share experiences that transcend language such as making flat bread or just spending time in each other’s company.
She discovers so much about her grandmother and where she lives, that on her return to America, she does something to speak out about people on the other side of the world, some people who get a bad reputation in the country she lives in now.
Travel Guide
A visit to a Palestinian village on the west bank seen through the eyes of a young girl. A Young girl, Mona, who can’t speak her grandmothers language (but children soak up languages so hopefully she learns it later on) but who communicates across cultures and generations without the need for words Spending time making flatbread, brushing each others hair and playing marbles are simple activities loaded with meaning.
The idea that her grandmother lives on the other side of the world is fascinating to Mona-
“When I have daylight, she has night. When our sky grows dark, the sun is peeking though her window and brushing the bright lemons on her lemon tree.”
As she comes to realise just how different her two cultures are, she is inspired to show people in America just how the same people are despite all of the miles, the fields, the barriers and the oceans in between them.
She says that, “if the people of the United States could meet Sitti, they’d like her, for sure,”
A message to link cultures and create peace though the eyes of a child.
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