The Boy and the Wall

The Boy and the Wall (2005)is a bilingual children’s book that tells the story of a Palestinian refugee boy who loves to play soccer, find turtles, and pick flowers. But the joy of being a child is overshadowed by the huge wall being built through his land. What can a little boy do to escape the wall? Turn into a great fig tree whose roots will break the wall? Dance until the wall crumbles? The Boy and the Wallis a story about how the separation wall has affected the lives of the people living in Aida Refugee Camp and an imaginative reflection of a child’s response to the wall.About 5000 Palestinian refugees live in Aida, near the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. More than half of the residents of the Aida are children....