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Yara鈥檚 Spring

Yara鈥檚 Spring

By Jamal Saeed & Sharon E. McKay
Categories: Children's Fiction
Themes: middle east, emigration & immigration, violence, Aleppo, Middle East, Syria, coming of age, conflict, emigration, family, preteen, refugee, war, multigenerational
Interest Age: 10–14
Grade: 6–9
Reading Level: Common Core Correlations
CCSS.ELA-Literacy Strand-Reading literature: RL.9-1-.1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10
W.9-10.1,1a,1b,1c,1d,1e,2,2,a,2b,2c,2d,2e,2f,3,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e,4,5,6,7,8,9
SL.9-10.1,1a,1b,1c,1d,2,3,4,5,6
L.9-10.1,2,2a,2b,2c,3,3a,4,4a,4b,4c,4d,5,5a,5b,6

Reading Level: Lexile 620L
Paperback : 9781773214399, 304 pages, October 2020 , 8.0" x 5.5"
Hardcover : 9781773214405, 304 pages, October 2020 , 8.0" x 5.5"
Ebook (EPUB) : 9781773214412, 304 pages, October 2020

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Description

Coming of age against all odds in the midst of the Arab Spring.

Growing up in Aleppo, Yara鈥檚 childhood has long been shadowed by the coming revolution. But when the Arab Spring finally arrives at Yara鈥檚 doorstep, it is worse than even her Nana imagined: sudden, violent, and deadly. When rescuers dig Yara out from under the rubble that was once her family鈥檚 home, she emerges to a changed world. Her parents and Nana are gone, and her brother, Saad, can鈥檛 speak鈥攕truck silent by everything he鈥檚 seen. Now, with her friend Shireen and Shireen鈥檚 charismatic brother, Ali, Yara must try to find a way to safety. With danger around every corner, Yara is pushed to her limits as she discovers how far she鈥檒l go for her loved ones鈥攁nd for a chance for freedom. 

Crafted through the focused lens of Jamal Saeed鈥檚 own experiences in Syria and brought to life with acclaimed author Sharon E. McKay, Yara鈥檚 Spring is a story of coming of age against all odds and the many kinds of love that bloom even in the face of war. Black-and-white interior drawings by award-winning illustrator Nahid Kazemi lend vivid detail to the novel.

*A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Awards

  • Joint winner, Kirkus Best Books List 2020
  • Nominated, Red Maple Award, OLA 2021
  • Joint winner, Best Bets List, Top Ten, Ontario Library Association 2021
  • Joint winner, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2021 2021
  • Nominated, Red Cedar Book Award 2021
  • Joint winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, *starred selection, Canadian Children鈥檚 Book Centre 2021
  • Short-listed, Next Generation INDIE Book Award 2021
  • Nominated, Indiana Young Hoosier Book Awards 2022

Reviews

 鈥淚nspired by Saeed鈥檚 own experiences . . . Readers are taken inside Syria鈥攁nd through the emotions of love, loss, and steadfastness.鈥�

- Kirkus Reviews, *starred review, 07/28/20

鈥凌别尘补谤办补产濒别.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

- CM Reviews, 06/05/20

鈥淎dd this to your must read list.鈥� 

- Library Matters, 09/07/20

鈥淭he narrative is fast-paced and descriptive, and the dialogue so charged with the characters鈥� emotions that readers will be immediately drawn into Yara鈥檚 plight . . . A gripping addition to literature about current refugee experiences.鈥�

- Booklist, 10/01/20

鈥淗eartbreaking and hopeful.鈥� 

- Canadian Children鈥檚 Book News, *starred review, Fall/20

鈥淲ell written and a must-read.鈥�

- Libris Notes, 02/03/21

鈥淓xtremely dramatic and high energy . . . Very well written.鈥�

- Reformed Librarians Together, 09/21