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Title: One More River by Lynne Reid Banks ISBN: 0-380-71563-5 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (17 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: P-R-O-P-A-G-A-N-D-A
Comment: This book is just another piece of propaganda full of lies teaching hatred to children. I don't know if this author was some Jew teaching Pro-Semitism and Anti-Arabism to young children. I am 15 years of age and my Social Studies class was assigned to read this offensive book. Everytime we had a class discussion on the book, I always spoke out that this author is speaking sh*t! "Israel" belongs to the Palestinians, not the Jews, the Jews are from Europe, and yes they were once in Palestine ages ago, but Diaspora drived them out. So, why the hell are they coming back and stealing from the Palestinians. Someone should teach the American youth that the Jews are invading and stealing the poor Palestinians' land. And America has been biased towards the Jews. Why?!?!
Rating: 1
Summary: Absolute garbage
Comment: Nothing but lies. What give a Canadian the right to go and live on a Palestinian land? It shows nothing but deleberate twist of the truth. She made the Arab look like a bunch of uncivilized tribes because they are fighting invaders. She gave herself the right to go and live on a land owned by Palestinians and she wants the Palestinian to welcome her with open arms. This is the kind of propaganda that is targeting young children that have no knowledge of what the real story is. School districts that put this kind of trash on their reading list are irresponsible and should immediately remove such readings.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good story, serious topic.
Comment: I originally read this book as a teenager and it literaly changed my life as I later went to live on a kibbutz and later still emigrated to Israel and lived there for several years. I bought this version as a gift to my Israeli daughter in part so that she can learn one of the reasons that she exists. I can't really comment on the changes as it is too long since I read the original.
Lesley is a rich and spoiled teenager living in Canada. her parents take her to live on a kibbutz in Israel. She has to share a room and to learn to live with almost no possesions. Starting as an outcast she gradually learns the language, adapts to working and learns to fit in to her new environment. She also develops a "relationship' with an Arab boy from across the river Jordan.
The story is set just before and during the 1967 Six Day War and helps to provide younger readers with an insight into the history of and politics of the time. It is simplistic in some ways but this is to be expected given the target age of its readers. It also helps to explain the optimism of the time and the assumption that Israeli occupation of the territories would be a short term thing - highly relevant given the ongoing conflict as many readers no doubt have questions about how it all started.
The story of Lesley is enjoyable for younger readers who will be able to relate to her and the history is a bonus. It is of course a story with only one point of view but I feel that it does begin to address the frustration of the Arabs in the area. This is further examined in the sequel "Broken Bridge".
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Title: Broken Bridge by Lynne Reid Banks ISBN: 0380723840 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Return by Sonia Levitin ISBN: 0449702804 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: HABIBI by Naomi Shihab Nye ISBN: 0689825234 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Key to the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks, James Watling ISBN: 0380803739 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks, Ted Lewin ISBN: 0380710404 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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