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Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village

Jody Sokolower

Illustrator: Various

Ages: 14+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Olive Branch Press/Interlink Publishing Group

ISBN: 978-1-62371-888-6

Keywords: Palestinian Arab Youth. Silwan (Jerusalem)--History and Social Conditions. Arab-Israeli Relations, courageous conversation

An American social studies teacher interviews Palestinian youth about their heartbreaking trauma under Israeli occupation, connecting their resistance to that of Native Americans. Photos, maps. Glossary, footnotes.