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- students come from different backgrounds/have different ethnicities

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- highlights the idea that people come from different backgrounds
- all students have different interests

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- offered as independent reading
- use in a lesson plan regarding international affairs

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- could use in a Black History Month lesson plan
- offer the book as independent reading
- create a lesson plan on famous musicians

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- covers what is going on outside of America
- students can think critically about the conflict Abadi is going through

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- bright and detailed illustrations
- classic rags to riches story that everyone loves reading
- aspects of the book students can relate to

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An Arab American man attempting to cross into Syria to fight the regime is taken in by two strangers. The story follows Haris Abadi's internal and external conflicts.

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A rags to riches autobiography. Explores Troy's childhood in New Orleans and how he turned from a chid musical prodigy to a famous musician.

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Written by Elliot Ackerman
2017 National Book Awards Finalist, Fiction

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Written by Troy Andrews
Illustrated by Bryan Collier
2016 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustration Winner