A teenager who wants to be a journalist in a suppressed society describes to his diary his daily life in his hometown of Damascus, Syria.

Related: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, Realistic Fiction, Syria, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780525445357
• Author: Schami, Rafik
• Translator: Lessker, Rika
• Published: 1990, Dutton Children's Book
• Themes: Adventure, Courage, Diaries, injustice, newspaper
• Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, Realistic Fiction, Syria, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 20