Queen Noor: American-born Queen of Jordan (Signature Lives) [Library Binding]

Lucia Raatma (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2006 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Signature Lives

A biography profiling the life of primatologist, Jane Goodall. Includes source notes and timeline.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 6-9. This admiring Signature Lives biography, part of the new Modern World subseries, tells the intriguing story of Queen Noor, the American-born woman who reigned alongside Jordan's King Hussein. Raatma opens with Princeton graduate Lisa Halaby's introduction to the much older king, precipitating her whirlwind transformation to Noor al Hussein ("light of Hussein") in only three months. "Was this a fairy tale?" asks Raatma. "Far from it." The coming years held challenges stemming from both Middle East turmoil and the Jordanian people, who dismissed Noor as "a materialistic American." It's easy to get bogged down in the complicated political details, and most quotations (the only material documented) come from Noor's autobiography for adults, Leap of Faith (2003)--hardly an unbiased source. But the perspective of an American who became a Middle East insider is a valuable one, and many readers--in spite of Raatma's admonishments--will find the fairy-tale elements irresistible. Appended material includes a time line, further reading suggestions, endnotes, and directions for accessing Web links through a publisher-maintained portal. Jennifer Mattson
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About the Author

Brenda Haugen is an author for Compass Point Books. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Compass Point Books (February 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756515955
• ISBN-13: 978-0756515959
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,885,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lucia Raatma (1963-) was born as Lucia Tarbox in Georgetown, South Carolina, and grew up on the grounds of Brookgreen Gardens, an outdoor sculpture garden and wildlife park. She earned a B.A. in English from the University of South Carolina in 1985 and then went on to earn an M.A. in cinema studies from New York University in 1989. She was a copy editor for G. P. Putnam's Sons and later served as managing editor. After working freelance for a few years while she and her husband, Andy, started a family, Lucia was a copy editor at Reader's Digest magazine. Currently, she lives in the Tampa Bay area with Andy and their two children, Lizzie and Alex. She does freelance copy editing and writes a variety of books for the children's educational market.