One More River
By Anna Stein

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7th Grade
Van Antwerp Middle School

The book I read was One More River. I enjoyed this book and really got into it; sympathizing with characters, disgusted about the war between the Isrealis and Arabs, and I really liked reading about Leslie, the main character.
This story took place in the 70's. It was about a rich, Canadian girl, Leslie, who's parents decided to move to Isreal, leaving everything behind to live in a small Kabutz near the Jordan River, which separated the Isreali and Arab territory. Leslie hated the idea of having to move and live a "poor" life in the Kabutz, where even the children worked, and where she would be separated form her mother and father.
In the book, Leslie's attitude about life slowly changed. She started to see that money, fame, or physical appearance wasn't everything, and her friendship with the children at the kabutz grew. She even met a little Arab boy named Mustapha, by talking to him across the Jordan River in the Arabic language, for he did not know Hebrew. They became friends, but everyone told them not to talk to each other, and to hate the Arabs, or hate the Jews. What could they do?
This was a great book about hope. It gave you hope that Leslie and Mustapha could be friends, or that the war would end, or that people could be friends for themselves, not religion or race. I really loved this book, and I am glad that I read it.


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