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Gghhg

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The book takes place in Aleppo, Seria during the Serian Civil War.

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Nadia’s neighborhood/home has been bombed and her family has escaped, leaving her to fend for herself

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The main character is Nadia. the villains of the story are the bombers who bombed her town.

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The most important thing is that I read today was about Nadia surviving the bombing but her family not being there because they left her under the rubble thinking that she was dead

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It takes in Aleppo in Syria during the civil war

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The main character is Nadia

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October of 2013 during the Syrian war in Aleppo

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The antagonist is the government

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The main character is Nadia

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Her family left her

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Syria*^^^

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October 2013 Aleppo, Syria

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so far she found a shelter along with her cat and also met this old nice man with a donkey who is going to take her where she thinks her family might be.

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Yes

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I am thinking that she might find her family but might not

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The main character is Nadia

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On Nadia’s way to the clinic it started raining so she had to find shelter in a pharmacy.

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I think that when Nadia gets to the clinic her family is not going to be there, and she is going to go looking for them.

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This is when Nadia is in the pharmacy and the man comes in and she is hiding.

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Her family left her?!? That would really mess with me.

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When Nadia and Ammo Mazen were on their way to the clinic a group of women fight in the war who call themselves the Mother Aisha Battalion stopped them but they were really nice to them. Ammo Mazen gave the chocolate and they walked with them for most of the Tripp to the clinic. At the clinic there was a note for Nadia from her mom telling her to go to their picnic spot.

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Nadia slept in a pharmacy for a little while and when she woke up she heard voices. One of the people was this old man who was very nice to her and offered to take her to the clinic so that she could try to find her family there.

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After reading today I am very hopeful that Nadia will meet up with h her family again but I feel like something will come in the way of that and they might not be at the clinic.

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A supporting character is ammo (I forgot his last name)

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This is Nadia’s building after the bomb hit

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Ammo Mazen is a supporting character

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It switches from the past (December of 2010- January 21 2013) to the present (October 2013)

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I think that this quote is important because it shows her love for her grandmother and it talks about they’re strong relationship/bond.

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This is when Nadia’s house got bombed and how I think it might have looked.

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Ammo Mazen is one of the supporting characters.

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Nadia found out that Ammo Mazen has a lot of money, a “small fortune”

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This is when Nadia finds the chest full of money

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After stopping to rest at  mechanics shop, Jamila woke up Ammo Mazen (meanwhile Nadia was reading) and he told Nadia to get all of her stuff because it wasn’t safe and they had to leave.

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After reading the last part of the book, I hope that Nadia meets up with her dad on the border and they meet up with their family.

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This is when Nadia finds the money that was in the chest.

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Ammo Mazen impacts Nadia because he is helping her try to find her family even if she is suspicious of him.

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So far Ammo Mazen is my favorite character just because she has been so nice to Nadia and helped her so much. Even when they first met he offered to take her to the clinic and when her family wa there he offered to take her to her families picnic spot which was not in his original plan. You can tell that he really cares about Nadia’s safety.

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The setting impacts the story because if this story didn’t take place in Syria, then the whole story line would be changed.

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Ammo Mazen impacts Nadia by helping her find her family

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They are trying to find Nadia’s family and get out of Syria

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This was when Nadia and Ammo Mazen tried to get into the base that Tarek and Basel were in.

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Here is the donkey cart

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The setting is  important because it shows the aftermath of the bombings and the war in general.  It allows us to learn about the war from a realistic point of view of someone who is in the middle of a war.

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I think that just recently after meeting Terek and Basel, Nadia has changed. I think that she has become more appreciative for her family and all that they have done for her. She has realized how lucky she is to have her parents be there for her for her whole life and even though she was mad st them after finding the note in the clinic, she is grateful now.

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I think that after reading today Ammo Mazen has a lot of secrets that he is hiding from Nadia and it is kind of suspicious.

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Tarek decided to stay at the base where Nadia and Ammo Mazen met Basel and Tarek. Nadia tells Basel about what happened to her leg.

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This is when Nadia gets hit by part of the bomb.

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One thing that I have learned about the setting so far is that everything is destroyed, or at least almost everything.

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Nadia and Bastel are making their way to find Nadia’s family but are also pretending to be Ammo’s grandchildren so they can get to certain places.

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My favorite character is Ammo Mazen, because he goes out of his way to help Nadia even if it means risking his life

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Here is what the bomb hits Nadia

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In the book, Basel, Nadia and Ammo Mazen had to go across a checkpoint and try to make it through without identification cards. Ammo Mazen has to pretend that he sided with the government and bash the “rebels”.

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In Aleppo, Syria. During the Syrian War.

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In Aleppo it was damaged there and the people had very little access to food, while compared to Illinois we have easy access to food and we don’t have damaged buildings unlike they do in Aleppo.

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The story takes place in Syria and Nadia, Basel and Ammo are going to bring Nadia to turkey and then Basel to his grandfather.

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I think that Ammo Mazen is my favorite character because he is risking his life to help Syria.

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Ammo Mazen, Nadia and Basel met up with Professor Laila and her husband Rasheed.

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Here is a picture that shows the aftermath of the war passing through this area

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After today I am wondering if there will be another encounter with Ammo Mazen’s family. I also want to know where the last stop before Ammo a Mazen takes the kids to their family is.

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“‘He was his mother’s only son, a miracle from Allah.’ Then his face hardened. ‘She’s not coming back. There was no use in staying.”

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To me I imagined that it was damaged, and fire, burning, rubble, stones, scary, dark, lost, nothing

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Ammo Mazen got hurt, so Basel and Nadia take him to another base and they help him.

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Ammo Mazen impacts Nadia because he has been helping her try to find her family.

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I think that Basel impacts Nadia by giving her a reason to smile everyday wether it’s by fidnding the fig tree or giving her a hug. I think that whenever she is in a bad mood or when she wanted to leave Basel and Ammo Mazen behind, Basel hugging her gave her a reason to not kewpie without them.

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Basel ran off because he found fig and lemon trees, so Nadia told Ammo Mazen that she would go get Basel, but they ended up picking a whole bunch of figs and a lemon and when they got back, Ammo Mazen was on the ground with a cut on his face because he had fallen.

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I would recommend this book to another person because personally I have learned a lot and I think that when we here about the Syrian Civil War we don’t really hear about what it’s really like from someone who’s been caught in the middle of it (or just from a realistic point of view).

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Here is a quote that describes the setting, page 226.

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Here is a quote that shows the fear that Nadia is facing during this war.

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Ammo Mazen impacts Nadia because even though Nadia doesn’t always trust him, he has gotten her through a lot and has helped her try to find her family.

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They saw someone that they thought might have been a sniper.

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Basel because I like how he acts so tough and then he is really this sweet, gentle, nice, respectful little boy.

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Nadia is becoming skeptical of Ammo Mazens selflessness and she is beginning to trust him a little less. Personally I could understand why she would be concerned because he has been extremely nice to her and everyone else they’ve met with even if he didn’t know them

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Nadia is becoming skeptical of Ammo Mazens selflessness and she is beginning to trust him a little less. Personally I could understand why she would be concerned because he has been extremely nice to her and everyone else they’ve met with even if he didn’t know them

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Nadia is becoming skeptical of Ammo Mazens selflessness and she is beginning to trust him a little less. Personally I could understand why she would be concerned because he has been extremely nice to her and everyone else they’ve met with even if he didn’t know them

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Nadia is becoming skeptical of Ammo Mazens selflessness and she is beginning to trust him a little less. Personally I could understand why she would be concerned because he has been extremely nice to her and everyone else they’ve met with even if he didn’t know them

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Tarek has learned that his mother won’t be coming back and that you hav to learn to let go.

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So far Basel and Nadia are in trouble because the rebels are looking for them and might kill them.

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While walking, the kids heard someone or something nearing and not long after gunshots were being fired at them but Nadia fellbehind  because she froze on the ground. After she got up she found Basel who came back if her but they were unable to find Ammo Mazen and Tarek and they soon realized that they were caught in the middle of a fight.

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Basel is very loving and you can tell that him and Nadia are becoming very close and have a strong bond. He is becoming my favorite character because he is always there for Nasia

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I think that after finding out the Basel has no family to go to, Nadia has taken responsibility for him and wants to protect him.

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Nadia has taken the responsibility of taking care of Basel because he doesn’t have family.

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I imagine the setting to be very dark and smoky.

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My favorite character is Basel because he is always supporting Nadia and he is helping her find her family even though he can’t find his.

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I would recommend this book to people because it’s interesting and there’s always something new happening.

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So far I have learned that Ammo Mazen was a commander of the mukhabarat and has multiple identities

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Fortunately Basel and Nadia found Ammo Mazen and Tarek in a house. All was going well until Nadia went to get a book go read to Basel and found multiple identification cards with picture of Amma Mazen at different ages with different names.

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Nadia learned that Ammo Mazen lied to her about who he really was and where he was from.

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Nadia found out that Ammo Mazen was a part of the mukhabarat, either a rebel group or government forces.

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Nadia, Tarek, and Basel were on their cart and trying to go to Turkey when a group of people took their cart and donkey and food.

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Nadia, Basel and Tarek ran into teenage boys that took their food, almost ate Jamila and hurt Ammo Mazen. But after that conflict took place they came up with a plan to rescue Jamila.

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The setting impacts the story because if the Syrian War didn’t take place and they weren’t traveling then they would have food and would be safe. They also wouldn’t have met each other if the setting didn’t take place then they all would have been safe and never met each other.

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While walking, Nadia, Basel, Tarek, and Ammo were caught by rude teenage boys who took their food as well as Jamila and the cart. Luckily they were able to get their stuff back by starting a fire hitch caused all the boys to leave everything behind.

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Nadia learned that Ammo Mazen has had cancer for 6 months.

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Nadia, Basel and Tarek travelled to the Turkish border but it was controlled by ISIS so they had to be very careful. Nadia found her dad at the border.

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This is when Nadia knows that something is wrong with Ammo Mazen.

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So far Nadia, Basel and Tarek have made it to safety and got to the Turkey border where Nadia saw what I think was her father.