The button box
by
 
Hodder, Bridget, author.

Title
The button box

Author
Hodder, Bridget, author.
 
Gilani-Williams, Fawzia, author.

Summary
After Jewish fifth-grader Ava and her Muslim cousin Nadeem are called hateful names at school, Granny Buena rummages in her closet and pulls out a glittering crystal button box. It's packed with buttons that generations of their Sephardic ancestors have cherished. With the help of Granny's mysterious cat Sheba, Ava and Nadeem discover that a button from the Button Box will whisk them back in time. Suddenly, they find themselves in ancient Morocco, where Nadeem's ancestor, Prince Abdur Rahman, is running for his life. Can Ava and Nadeem help the prince escape to Spain and fulfill his destiny, creating a legendary Golden Age for Muslims, Jews and Christians? -- Amazon.

Audience
Ages 8-13. Kar-Ben Publishing.
 
Grades 4-6. Kar-Ben Publishing.

Physical Description
144 pages ; 20 cm

Genre
Time-travel fiction.
 
Historical fiction.

Personal Subject
ʻAbd al-Raḥmān I, Caliph of Cordova, 731-787 or 788-Juvenile fiction.

Subject Term
Jews -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Muslims -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Cousins -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Magic -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Time travel -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Jewish-Arab relations -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s)
Gilani-Williams, Fawzia,

Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing,

Publication Date
2022

ISBN
9781728423968
 
9781728423975

Publication Information
Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, [2022]
 
©2022

Call Number
J HODDER


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