An Israeli and a Palestinian girl struggle to maintain their friendship in the face of conflict; Noa, an Israeli Jew, and Maha, a Palestinian Muslim, are two very different teenage girls who may not be so different after all. They ve become good friends, but after a tragic incident that changes Noa and her family forever, Noa s beliefs about Palestinian and Israeli relations are put to the test. Shocking secrets are revealed that affect both Noa s and Maha s lives and test their blossoming relationship. Checkpoints brings to life the realities teenagers in the Middle East face today,...

Taking place on a single day, Marilyn Levy's novel CHICAGO: AUGUST 28, 1968, relates what a dozen ordinary Americans experience during the upheaval of the late Sixties. The setting: Chicago, USA. The context: a polarized city hosting the Democratic National Convention. Ten thousand antiwar protestors have gathered in Chicago's Grant Park. Irate at seeing his authority challenged, Mayor Richard Daley has mobilized the Chicago Police Force against the protestors. Tensions escalate. Violence erupts. CHICAGO: AUGUST 28, 1968 portrays the chaotic events of that day through the eyes of a student...