Abirached, Zeina, 1981-

A game for swallows : to die, to leave, to return / To die, to leave, to return [story and art by] Zeina Abirached ; [translation by Edward Gauvin]. - 1st American ed. - Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2012. - 188 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Translated from the French. Translation of: Le jeu des hirondelles.

School Library Journal starred, September 2012 Publisher's Weekly, August 2012 Booklist, August 2012 Horn Book, April 2013 Choice, April 2013 Kirkus Review, August 2012 Library Media Connection, May 2013

Zeina Abirached, a woman born into a Lebanese Christian family in 1981 during the civil war in Lebanon, reflects on her childhood, the disappearance of her parents, and the help and protection she received from neighbors.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.



Mildred L. Batchelder Award/Honors, 2013

9781575059419

2011038914


Abirached, Zeina, 1981- --Comic books, strips, etc.


Comic books, strips, etc.


Lebanon--History--1975-1976, Civil War--Comic books, strips, etc.
Beirut (Lebanon)--Comic books, strips, etc.

PN6790.L43 / A2513 2012

741.5/95692