The Turtle of Oman

Praised by the Horn Book in a starred review as “both quiet and exhilarating” and by the BCCB as “deeply moving,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says good-bye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, while his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. With extra material by the author.