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The turtle of Oman : a novel Cover Image Book

The turtle of Oman : a novel / Naomi Shihab Nye ; illustrations by Betsy Peterschmidt.

Nye, Naomi Shihab, (author.). Peterschmidt, Betsy, (illustrator.). Greenwillow Books, (publisher.).

Summary:

When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062019721
  • ISBN: 0062019724
  • ISBN: 9780062019783
  • ISBN: 0062019783
  • Physical Description: 299 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Middle School.
700 Lexile.
700L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 4.6.
Reading Counts! 4.3.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 5 168164.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.6 5.0 168164.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Arab American Book Awards, 2015
Middle East Book Award, Youth Literature, 2015

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Subject:
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Oman > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 14 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 2 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Marion Library JUV NYE (Text) 37810435018634 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/19/2026

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