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Sandstorm | 
 enlarge | Author: Ted Simmons
Publisher: CyPress Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2071054
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 140
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0977695840
EAN: 9780977695843
ASIN: 0977695840
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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On August 9, 1990, sixteen-year-old American Jeff Connors enters the lobby of a four-star hotel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, dressed in the ragged clothes of an Arab Bedouin. He's there to be reunited with his father, from whom he'd been separated for one terror-filled week. His happiness and relief are tempered by one vexing problem: should he give his judgmental father a short and sanitized version of his week, one which would make him look competent and in control, or should he lay it all out? The bonehead decisions? The risks? The narrow escapes? In the end, he does all that and more, thanks to a new-found sense of courage and resourcefulness. Surviving an invasion by a ruthless Iraqi army will do that. Sandstorm is the story of one young American. Jeff has no idea he's been caught in the first strike of a local war that will, over the years, threaten to screw up the whole world. During his traumatic week, he's just trying to stay alive.
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Caught in the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait February 8, 2007
A. M. Gross (California)
How many of us can say that we know much of anything about what it was like in Kuwait during the time period after Iraq invaded and before the Gulf War? Sandstorm is a look at this moment in history through the eyes of a typical American teenager, refreshingly naive, who ends up separated from his family when the troops reach Kuwait City.
This book is much more than an exciting adventure story, though it is certainly that. It is also a look at the event that started the American involvement in the Middle East after 1990. I think every young person, and frankly adults as well, should read this tale of survival and personal growth set in a vitally important backdrop.
Thrilling Adventure June 5, 2007
J. Meredith (Florida)
"Sandstorm," by Ted Simmons, is a page-turning adventure that should be taught in schools across the country. Besides being a classic coming-of-age story, "Sandstorm" gives insight into the different cultures and classes of society in Kuwait.
The novel is set against the backdrop of Saddaam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The protagonist is Jeff Connors, an American teen whose father works for an oil company in Kuwait. Through a series of errors, the boy is left behind during evacuation. Intelligent, resourceful, and fortunate enough to have some loyal Kuwaiti friends, Jeff makes his own way out of the country. On his journey, he witnesses the violence and brutality of the invaders, dodges gunfire and border patrols, faces certain death in the desert if he can't find water, and must come to terms with the death of a friend who tried to help him.
The boy's uneasy relationship with his father is explored in the novel as well. Jeff rebels against and yet struggles to win the respect of his father, an age-old dilemma that teens will relate to.
Highly recommended reading. We all need to better understand the Middle East today.
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