A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return

Jacket art for graphic novel A Game for Swallows

  • Contributors: Zeina Abirached ; art by Zeina Abirached ; translation by Edward Gauvin.
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  • Summary: Living in the midst of civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, Zeina and her brother face an evening of apprehension when their parents do not return from a visit to the other side of the city.
  • Awards/Recognition:
    • Batchelder Honor Book.
    • No additional awards known of as of 10/1/2020. Please contact this project's researchers if you are aware of an award not listed.


  • Number of Pages: 188
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  • Publication Year: 2012
  • Publisher: Graphic Universe
  • ISBN: 9780761385684

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