Even though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else)

Jenny and Akilah

When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac offers his patronage

When she grew up

The Graphic Novel

Ida in the Middle Eliot Schrefer Even though his unreliable dadIda, a Palestinian American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging. Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows whats coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like its all her faultjust for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people