The Turtle of Oman

paperback Synopsis 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. Aref does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Sidi. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase—but he refuses. Finally, she calls Sidi for help. But rather than pack, Aref and Sidi go on a series of adventures. 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 w