LeAnne Hardy

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Pictures up

January 4, 2010

Tags: Palestine, Israel, Elsa Marston, teen fiction

The pictures I promised of the olive harvest and the infamous wall around Palestine have been inserted into my blog about Elsa Marston's trip to Palestine to speak to educators about her book Santa Claus in Bagdad and Other Stories about Arab Teens. Have a look. I would love to hear about your personal experiences with Palestinians or Arab Christians, and how they have impacted your view of the region.

If Jesus Came to Bethlehem...

December 17, 2009

Tags: Palestine, Israel, Elsa Marston, teen fiction

If I hadn’t been focusing on children affected by HIV & AIDS in recent years, I would probably be spending my passion on Arab Christian children, caught between Israelis (who are often convinced that all Arabs are terrorists) and Muslims (who sometimes assume that Christians are sympathetic to Zionists.) Most only want to get on with their lives. The long-standing Christian population (more…)

Selected Works

Juvenile Fiction
Crossovers
Ben will be dead meat if the guys find out what he's doing at the ice rink in the early mornings.
Beads and Braids
Who will take care of Lindiwe when her sick mother passes?
Between Two Worlds
It’s never fun to be different, and Brazilian–born Cristina Larson feels very different.
The Wooden Ox
Despite the war, Keri’s parents wouldn’t let anything really bad happen to her... would they?
Fiction
Glastonbury Tor
A tale of the Holy Grail and the tumultuous England of King Henry VIII
Picture Book
So That’s What God is Like
God is like many things in a small African boy’s world—the wind, a rock, even his mother.

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