Le Cl?zio, J.-M. G

Presents two intertwining stories about a boy named Nour and his tribe, the Blue Men, who are driven out of the desert by French colonialists and struggle to find a new land; and about a descendant of the Blue Men named Lalla who flees a forced marriage and finds success as a model in France.

Ester, a Jewish girl who escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe to Israel and Nejma, who lives in a Palestinian refugee camp both strive for peace in the turmoil of the Middle East.