Adem's Cross - Hardcover

Mead, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374300577 ISBN 13: 9780374300579

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1996

Synopsis

"Adem is an ethnic Albanian in the former Yugoslavian province of Kosovo, where the Serbian soldiers are making their violent presence increasingly felt...Acts of resistance are met with reprisals and death, as Adem finds out when his defiant older sister loses her life."-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

"Riveting."-Publishers Weekly

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Mead's timely novel examines the plight of the ethnic Albanians of the former Yugoslavian province of Kosovo, now occupied by Serb forces . . . riveting."
--Publishers Weekly

"The story is bleak, occasionally grisly, and absolutely eye-opening as Mead details life in a village where they drink Coke, watch MTV, and try to avoid death long enough for their situation to improve."
--Booklist

"Mead passionately defends children caught in cultural crossfire . . . takes a distant and brutal conflict and makes it real. Recommend it to fans of Frances Temple and Suzanne Fisher Staples."
--School Library Journal

"The story is not a pretty one, but it makes some powerful points about innocent people caught up in ethnic struggles and the horrors of life under a totalitarian regime."
--Kirkus Reviews

An ALA Best Book For Young Adults

From the Inside Flap:

r old Adem, an Albanian boy, lives in Serb-occupied Kosovo. Adem hates existing in a constant state of terror. Every week, friends and family are beaten, teargassed, and killed. The Albanians are helpless, and even passive resistance can get you killed--as is Adem's sister Fatmira, gunned down while reading a protest poem. Now Adem must decide how to survive this never-ending nightmare--with or without his family.

Mead's novel includes a brief history of the events leading to the Kosovo Conflict, a map of the region surrounding Kosovo, and a pronunciation guide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0374300577
• ISBN 13: 9780374300579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144