{"id":2628,"date":"2014-10-10T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla2.com\/wordpress\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2014-10-10T20:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T01:49:00","slug":"thank-you-penny-draper-and-the-national-reading-campaign-for-this-wonderful-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/thank-you-penny-draper-and-the-national-reading-campaign-for-this-wonderful-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you Penny Draper and the National Reading Campaign for this wonderful review!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Children\u2019s Book Review: Dance of the Banished<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

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In\u00a0<\/span>Dance of the Banished<\/i>, acclaimed author, Marsha Skrypuch, once again breathes life into a piece of history with passionate clarity. Published on the one hundredth anniversary of World War I,\u00a0<\/span>Dance of the Banished<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>tells the dual stories of alien internment in Canada and the Armenian Genocide in Turkey, both from an unusual perspective.<\/p>\n

Zeynep, fierce and bold, and Ali, caring and principled, live in the same village in Anatolia and plan to marry. Unexpectedly, Ali is sent to Canada and Zeynep is left behind. Each writes in a journal for the other, but as war comes to both countries it is unlikely their words will ever be shared. Still, they keep on. Zeynep writes an eyewitness account of the genocide from the point of view of the Alevi Kurds, telling a little known side of this tragic story. Ali, in turn, gives an accounting of life in an internment camp in, surprisingly, Kapuskasing. For each, the journal entries are a coping mechanism, a way to bear witness to the atrocities of war and ultimately, to bring justice.<\/p>\n

Skrypuch\u2019s compelling characters give an authentic voice to this well researched story. It is definitely a book for adults as well as teens. And although it is a story of war it includes moments of great joy, making it much more than a tragedy. Whether together in Turkey or alone in banishment, both Zeynep and Ali are able to lose themselves when they dance. Their troubles are momentarily forgotten in an ecstasy of whirling that reminds us of the cyclical nature of human events. Preserving the past, as Skrypuch does so well, is part of that cycle.<\/p>\n

\"DanceOfTheBanished_HR_RGB\"<\/a>Dance of the Banished<\/i>
\nBy Marsha Skrypuch
\n978-1-927485-65-1
\nPajama Press
\nAugust 22, 2014
\n288 pp
\nAges 12+<\/p>\n

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