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The White Zone
The White Zone
The White Zone
Carolyn Mardsen
Nouri and his cousin Talib can only vaguely remember a time before tanks rumbled over the streets of their Baghdad neighborhood when books, not bombs, ruled Mutanabbi Street. War has been the backdrop of their young lives. And now Iraq isn't just at war with Americans. It's at war with itself. Sunnis fight Shiites, and the strife is at the boys' doorsteps. Nouri is Shiite and Talib is half Sunni. To the boys, it seems like only a miracle can mend the rift that is tearing a country and a family apart. In early 2008, Iraq experienced a miracle. Snow fell in Baghdad for the first time in living memory. As snow covered the dusty streets, the guns in the city grew silent and there was an unofficial ceasefire. During these magical minutes, Sunni and Shiite differences were forgotten. There was no green zone, no red zone. There was only the white zone. Against this real-life backdrop, Nouri and Talib begin to imagine a world after the war.
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Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
The White Zone review by MN1111_lcps
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This book takes place in Iraq and features cousins, and best friends, Talib and Nouri. Nouri's world turns upside down when his uncle is killed in a Sunni bombing. Nouri's whole family is Shiite, but Talib is half Sunni. As far as Nouri is concerned, this is Talib's fault. As the book progresses, trust is lost between the two. Talib is faced with the hardships of being Sunni. He is excluded from the Shiite side of his family, and even kicked out of school. Nouri is quickly losing his best friend. By the end, rage has spread all through Iraq against the Sunnis.

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