Ali, Nujood with Delphine Minoui. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

Ali, Nujood with Delphine Minoui I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Three Rivers Press see Random House 2010 188p 12.00
12-0007-58967-5 ms/hs E-BN
Nujood Ali has no birth certificate but she has been told she is 10 years old. She loves dolls, chocolate cake and learning how to read. Then one day Nujood was married to a man twice her age. It was then that she learned the true meaning of the word cruelty. Although from a very poor family, Nujood, 5th daughter in an ever increasing family, is very happy playing with her sisters and other playmates. Poverty is very hard for her family but they all help in many different ways. Nujood helps by taking care of the younger children and she is learning how to cook flatbreads and other things. Then her father looses his poorly paid job and they need to resort to begging.
In Yemen women have no voice. Men are in charge of everything including marrying off their daughters. Nujood’s two sisters were barely in their teens before they were married off. Nujood dreamed of her turn but she always imagine that it would be something to celebrate and there would be sweet cakes. Then the day came and it happened so fast, Nujood was dressed in an old brown dress two sizes too big and surrounded by very unfriendly people, she was given in marriage to a nasty looking individual who promised not to touch her for at least two years. No sooner was she taken away to his house was she violated and later beaten.
Nujood decided she wanted a divorce and she also decided she was going to get it as quickly as possible. And so began her trek to the courthouse where she declared her desired to get a divorce and the authorities could not believe that a ten year old was already a married woman.
This story made news and was brought to the attention of the world by Nujood’s lawyer Shada, who worked for women’s rights in Yemen and this story made it possible to start working towards the crime of marrying girls as young as 9 year old to old men. Diaz, Magna

Kid’s Guide to Aliens.

Davis, Barbara. Kid’s Guide to Aliens.
Capstone Publishers 2010 32p 23.99 978-1-4296-3369-7 elm/ms
Kids’ Guide (Capstone) The Kids’ Guide to Aliens contains well-researched, documented stories about sightings as well as abductions. Children will learn enough to form judgments about the possibility that aliens have landed on Earth. From this series, Capstone has a book that the elementary teacher can use in the classroom as well as a book that will introduce the concept of aliens to the individual reader! The reader learns about various theories, from the construction of the pyramids in Egypt to the discovery of a spaceship in Roswell, New Mexico and the possible role of aliens in each. Barbara Davis fairly presents both sides to the argument about the existence of aliens in this well-researched book. There are many more references to actual sightings with complete stories for each. In addition, Barbara Davis introduces the young reader to the concept of alien abductions, and it is fascinating! Perhaps the most frightening is a tale about Travis Walton, a tale in which there were eyewitnesses to his claim of having been abducted and taken aboard a spaceship. Five coworkers saw him get knocked unconscious by a blue light shooting from a UFO, then remain unfound for five days! In the chapter entitled, “Types of Aliens”, we learn that there are Grays, Reptilians, Nordics and Hybrids. SETI, or the search of ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, has set up radio telescopes to pick up signals from alien civilizations, and there are many scientists who hope to find such evidence. This valuable tool ends with a description of creatures who go into hibernation to survive temperatures exceeding negative 328 degrees Fahrenheit! This presents us with a new viewpoint about life in space and the ability of creatures to survive extremes. From the layout to the support photographs, and from the fun facts to the extraordinary stories chosen by Davis, this book is a wonderful resource. It ends with a glossary and a list of books to consult. Squaresky, Martha