Cat I never named : a true story of love, war, and survival by Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 774280 Available

Dewey: 949.703/AAges: 13-17   
AR: 5.5 UG

Genres:

Subjects: Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra - Childhood and youth Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bihac Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Bosnian personal narratives Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Muslim personal narratives Muslims - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bihac - Biography Children and war - Bosnia and Herzegovina Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - History - Siege, 1992-1995 - Bosnian personal narratives Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ethnic relations - History|y20th century

Summary: In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace.

Three summers : a memoir of sisterhood, summer crushes, and growing up on the eve of war by Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024)

BTSB #: 774298 In Bindery

Dewey: 949.742/CAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra - Childhood and youth Teenage girls - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bihac - Biography Muslim teenagers - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bihac - Biography Muslims - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bihac - Biography Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Biography Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Social life and customs|y20th century Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ethnic relations - History|y20th century

Summary: An epic middle-grade memoir about sisterhood and coming-of-age in the three years leading up to the Bosnian Genocide. The story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia. They navigate the joys and pitfalls of adolescence on their family's little island in the middle of the Una River. When finally confronted with the harsh truths of the adult world around them, their bond gives them resilience.