Aref makes a friend on an airplane, wonders what Michigan will be like, and starts school in the United States. A wonderful pick for young middle grade readers and fans of Other Words for Home and Billy Miller Makes a Wish.Īref is excited for his journey to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Turtle of Michigan is a deft and accessible novel that follows a young boy named Aref as he travels from Muscat, Oman, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and adjusts to a new life and a new school in the United States. Naomi Shihab Nye has created what Kirkus called "a warm and humorous peek at the profound and mundane details of moving from one country to another-a perfect pick for kids on the move." Features black-and-white spot art and decorations by Betsy Peterschmidt.The stand-alone companion to National Book Award Finalist and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s The Turtle of Oman.
This accessible, exquisite novel shines with gentle humor and explores themes of moving, family, nature, and immigration. At each stop, Sidi finds a small stone that he later slips into Aref's suitcase-mementos of home. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert, they sleep on Sidi's roof, they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India, they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. But rather than pack, Aref and Sidi go on a series of adventures.
His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase-but he refuses. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Sidi. This book was awarded a 2015 Middle East Book Award, was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association, and includes extra material by the author.Īref does not want to leave Oman. Praised by the Horn Book as "both quiet and exhilarating," this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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