Girl of Kosovo

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Summary: say LOVE not WAR!
Review: A good book with inspiring story, teaching us how to deal with hate, love, uncontrolled situation and authority. Hopefully, people who read this book can surely take a very decent understanding on how diversity should be taken as wise as they can. And there's no room for prejudice, definitely!

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Summary: Simply excellent!
Review: I loved this book. Alice Mead writes passionately as Zana. And if you like this book, you'll love Zlata's Diary!

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Summary: girl of kosovo
Review: I picked this book up at a bookstore because I am Albanian myself and wanted to know more about the conflict in Kosovo. This book has a good plot, Zana, an Albanian girl, witnesses the hatred targeted towards her and other Albanians in Kosovo by the Serbs. Even after they have killed her father and two brothers, she tries to remember what her father told her before he was killed, "Don't let them fill your heart with hate". And to make the story more interesting, Zana has a Serbian friend. However, Alice Mead's writing style is very amateur. Even after Zana's father and brothers were killed, she doesn't slow the story down. It seems like she is trying to hurry the story along.

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Summary: good plot, poorly written
Review: I picked this book up at a bookstore because I am Albanian myself and wanted to know more about the conflict in Kosovo. This book has a good plot, Zana, an Albanian girl, witnesses the hatred targeted towards her and other Albanians in Kosovo by the Serbs. Even after they have killed her father and two brothers, she tries to remember what her father told her before he was killed, "Don't let them fill your heart with hate". And to make the story more interesting, Zana has a Serbian friend. However, Alice Mead's writing style is very amateur. Even after Zana's father and brothers were killed, she doesn't slow the story down. It seems like she is trying to hurry the story along.

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Summary: girl of kosovo
Review: This book was so amazing and was sp great to read. it explains about a albanian girl back in the late 1990s who is struggling through a racist war between the serbs and the albanians. With her father and two of her brothers already fead she struggles with depression friendship and hope to stay alive, also a tragic beginning of her leg that was practically blow off. I loved this book so much anyone who reads it will love it so much.

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Summary: Insightful fiction about Kosovo for children and YA
Review: This is an excellent introduction for children about the recent struggles in Kosovo. The heart-wrenching account of Zana and her family during the volatile period surrounding the war in Kosovo, should draw interest and concern to the children reading this book. The story is based on an actual family as described in the "author's note." I wish a map of the area was included with the place names as a reference. Most children are probably unaware of the unfortunate violence in Kosovo's history. The story is a page-turner and a building block to learn more about current events. A good modern realism for children and young adults.

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Summary: Insightful fiction about Kosovo for children and YA
Review: This is an excellent introduction for children about the recent struggles in Kosovo. The heart-wrenching account of Zana and her family during the volatile period surrounding the war in Kosovo, should draw interest and concern to the children reading this book. The story is based on an actual family as described in the "author's note." I wish a map of the area was included with the place names as a reference. Most children are probably unaware of the unfortunate violence in Kosovo's history. The story is a page-turner and a building block to learn more about current events. A good modern realism for children and young adults.