Kareem Between Oncology Rhyming text and appealing illustrations

Rhyming text and appealing illustrations combine perfectly to help consolidate counting up to ten and back again

but football became his saving grace and

self-doubt and self-loathing and how she finally confronted her grief

her writing is mesmerising

Kareem Between Oncology Rhyming text and appealing illustrations**WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Young People's Literature** This heartfelt coming of age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh grade Syrian American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle school, now in paperback! "The exact type of book I would've loved, and needed, as a kid." Jasmine Warga, New York Times bestselling author of and Newbery Honor recipient for Other Words for Home **WINNER of the NATIONAL