When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
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- ISBN: 9780062019721
- Author: Nye, Naomi Shihab
- Published: 2014 , Greenwillow
- Themes: Family, grandfather and grandchild, Identity, immigration, Memories, multigenerational, Travel
- Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, Oman, Realistic Fiction
- No. of pages: 300