--- product_id: 6779787 title: "A Little Piece of Ground" price: "77.23 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/6779787-a-little-piece-of-ground store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # A Little Piece of Ground **Price:** 77.23 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Little Piece of Ground - **How much does it cost?** 77.23 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/6779787-a-little-piece-of-ground) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that’s the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there’s constant danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States. Review: Accurate, moving, engaging realistic fiction - Moving, engaging older kids’/young adult fiction with extremely accurate details about the location and time it takes place in. Heavy themes, but gentle enough for young people to enjoy. Make space to talk about what you read. Review: Social justice book - This is a great book to read for any grade above 5th. It’s an accurate depiction of the occupation and gives great detail of the torment Palestinians live through on a daily basis. The senseless curfews, the home demolitions, the arrest of children for throwing rocks and putting them through the military tribunal. The daily humiliation of stripping for no reason. I also like how it humanizes the Israeli soldiers thus reminding the reader that we are all human. We all feel fear and we all strive for freedom and safety. This literary work should be read by all students learning about social justice. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #750,611 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #78 in Children's Middle East Books #22,826 in Children's Literature (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 277 Reviews | ## Images ![A Little Piece of Ground - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/913px-eyZaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Accurate, moving, engaging realistic fiction *by V***Y on September 24, 2025* Moving, engaging older kids’/young adult fiction with extremely accurate details about the location and time it takes place in. Heavy themes, but gentle enough for young people to enjoy. Make space to talk about what you read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Social justice book *by D***N on October 28, 2025* This is a great book to read for any grade above 5th. It’s an accurate depiction of the occupation and gives great detail of the torment Palestinians live through on a daily basis. The senseless curfews, the home demolitions, the arrest of children for throwing rocks and putting them through the military tribunal. The daily humiliation of stripping for no reason. I also like how it humanizes the Israeli soldiers thus reminding the reader that we are all human. We all feel fear and we all strive for freedom and safety. This literary work should be read by all students learning about social justice. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging, Enraging *by D***E on July 21, 2010* Imagine being a kid on the verge of teenagehood trapped in a small apartment for days on end with an angry older brother, a depressed father worried about his business, a mother fearful for your safety and two younger sisters, one of them sick. You can't go out of your front door or else you'll get shot by the soldiers manning the tanks and jeeps that patrol the streets of your city. You get two hours once or twice a week to go see your friends, buy anything you need, run to school to turn in assignments and get new ones. Imagine the stifling anger, frustration and helplessness. That's where Elizabeth Laird's "A Little Piece of Ground" begins. From this claustrophobic opening, the story opens up a little bit with glimmers of hope and happiness, but each such glimmer is marred by the brutality and uncertainty of the occupation. A trip to the countryside village is marred by humiliation at a checkpoint along the way and the discovery that the family's olive groves have been confiscated by settlers. The discovery of "Hopper's ground" is shadowed by the destruction and rubble of the buildings which once stood on the site. Laird has created a fictionalized account of life in an occupied land, which in the story happens to be Palestine. Having little knowledge and no direct experience with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I have no idea how accurate her portrayal of life in Palestine really is (although my gut tells me "very accurate"). But in many ways, it doesn't matter what country we're talking about. The horrors of war and occupation are universal and the damage done - to both the occupied and the occupiers - is profound. The occupied people live in fear and rage at their occupiers and they react aggressively, instinctively trying to assert their need for freedom. The occupiers (who know, in their heart of hearts what they are doing) react by fearing the occupied people - projecting onto them their own aggression. 'Round and 'round it goes, where it stops, who knows? Elizabeth Laird does an excellent job of depicting the crucible of escalating tensions - fear and anger on both sides - which leads to the deadlocked confrontation of the occupation. At the same time, she deftly portrays both sides as humans caught up in an overarching struggle that neither side understands. They share commonalities (one soldier looks like Karim's brother, for instance), but they are worlds away. Karim and his friends come of age amidst this complex backdrop, guided, wearily and warily, by the generation which has gone before them and learned how to navigate this fearful landscape with dignity intact. The soccer field Karim and his friends create at Hopper's ground, destroyed by Israeli tanks, and hopefully to be redeveloped in the future, symbolizes the strength and persistent endurance of the Palestinian peoples in the face of the adversity of the unending Israeli occupation. With one exception, Laird has created believable characters with whom the reader can identify and understand. The one exception is the youngest daughter Sireen who is supposed to be four-years-old, but the way she is depicted seems much closer to two. For instance, a four-year-old who has grown up in an occupied land would know better than to open her door and get out at a checkpoint. Sireen is a very minor character, so this flaw doesn't unduly mar the book, but I did find it annoying every time she appeared. But otherwise, Laird does an good job of presenting her characters' motivations and emotions, actions and re-actions, whether simply in "ordinary" family life (as ordinary as life can be in such a tense situation) or in the extraordinary confrontation with the occupying force that the family must deal with. The combination of rich and realistic characters and a well-paced plot make this book an engaging read for kids and adults alike. Most Americans, young and old (myself included), have little conception of what life is like outside the confines of our safe homes and neighborhoods. War has not touched our soil in so long that few have any conception what it is like to live day after day in a war zone. This book will open many eyes. ## Frequently Bought Together - A Little Piece of Ground - Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood - Baddawi --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/6779787-a-little-piece-of-ground](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/6779787-a-little-piece-of-ground) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-01*