The Button Box (Paperback)

Bridget Hodder

ISBN 10: 172842397X / ISBN 13: 9781728423975

Published by Lerner Publishing Group, 2022

About this Item

Paperback. After Jewish fifth-grader Ava and her Muslim best friend Nadeem are called hateful names at school, Ava's Granny Buena rummages in her closet and pulls out a glittering crystal button box. It's packed with buttons that generations of Ava's 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 take them back in time. Suddenly, they are 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? With the help of a magic button, Jewish Ava and Muslim Nadeem go back in time to ancient Morocco to help Prince Abdur Rahman escape to Spain and fulfill his destiny as the ruler of a country in which Jews and Muslims work together to make medieval Spain a center of science, mathematics, music, and poetry. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Button Box (Paperback)
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 172842397X
• ISBN 13: 9781728423975
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Marathe, Harshad
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

After Jewish fifth-grader Ava and her Muslim best friend Nadeem are called hateful names at school, Ava's Granny Buena rummages in her closet and pulls out a glittering crystal button box. It's packed with buttons that generations of Ava's 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 take them back in time. Suddenly, they are 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?

About the Author

Fawzia Gilani was born and raised in England where she became a teacher. She is the author of many children's books, including A Treasury of Eid Tales, and is currently working on an Islamic fairy tale series. She serves as an international educational consultant with a PhD in children's literature and character development. She is a Global Representative for the International Positive Education Network and works for the Abu Dhabi Education Council. She spends her time in the United Arab Emirates, Ohio, and England with her daughter and husband. She looks forward to the day when world conflict is no more.

Bridget Hodder is a Sephardic historian, archaeologist and educator. She's also a certified language and reading specialist who taught students with learning disabilities in the Texas and Massachusetts public schools. She currently heads the Graduate School Advisory Board at Vanderbilt University. Her first Middle Grade book, THE RAT PRINCE, was published by Macmillan / Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Rather than teaching kids of different identities to tolerate each other, Bridget invites them to celebrate each other. Welcome to the party!