Elsa Marston
children's author

Fiction, young adult
poetry
SONGS OF ANCIENT JOURNEYS: ANIMALS IN ROCK ART
poems inspired by animals depicted in Southwestern rock art
fiction, young-adult
THE UGLY GODDESS
a tale from ancient Egypt
nonfiction
WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST: TRADITION AND CHANGE co-authored with Ramsay M. Harik
a look at the variety of women's lives in the Middle East and North Africa
history
stories in Y-A collections
"Lines of Scrimmage"
in FIRST CROSSING AND OTHER STORIES OF IMMIGRANT TEENS
"Scenes in a Roman Theatre"
in MEMORIES OF SUN: STORIES OF AFRICA AND AMERICA (2004)
"The Olive Grove"
in SOUL SEARCHING: THIRTEEN STORIES ABOUT FAITH AND BELIEF

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"Rima's Song"

Rima feels resentful when her Lebanese aunt brings a young man from Lebanon with the intention of giving him a first-class education. Fuad is nice-looking, smart, and polite ... in fact, so "perfect" that it irritates Rima and the others in her rock band. Then the facade cracks, and Rima learns about his past as a militia fighter in the bloody Lebanese war.

Other stories in this excellent collection feature teenagers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, including Vietnamese, African-American, Indian, Cuban, Chicano, Chinese, Native American, and others.