One More River
Can you imagine having to leave everything you have ever known to live in a country on the verge of war? Lesley Shelby, the main character in One More River by Lynn Reid Banks, knows exactly how it feels. This Jewish Canadian girl has to emigrate to Israel with her family. Through the determination and courage of one person we see how challenges, complications, and differences of the world are overcome. In the story the most important character is Lesley. Lesley is a spoiled, pretty, Jewish, fourteen year old living in Canada. As the story progresses we see Lesley change to a caring and mature person by overcoming the differences in her new life. Two other important characters are Nat Shelby and Mustapha. Lesley’s father, Nat Shelby is the person who decided the family needed to live in Israel. Mr. Shelby decides he doesn’t want his daughter growing up as a spoiled uncaring princess. Mustapha, other important character, is an Arab boy who Lesley watches abuse
From the center they moved to a Kibbutz. (Lesley’s brother who was disowned because he married a catholic girl. The war made Lesley really feel a part of Israel and the people. Lesley is not excepting of everything until she decides to become one of them. Lesley realizes this after meeting Mustapha. The plot enabled the characters to change. After she understands the culture she begins to love it there and it becomes her home. All the Jews are not supposed to hate Arabs, but Lesley however comes in contact with Mustapha by the river and talks to him as a person not as an enemy. The most important lesson in the story was you could overcome anything if you have determination and courage. The plot needs the setting changes to keep interest and to allow character growth. The most important turning point is when Lesley, at the end of the book, takes the picture Mustapha threw at her and wrote “a peace between us and between our peoples” in three languages and stuck it in the wall in Jerusalem. Mustapha made Lesley a more understanding person towards different kinds of people. ) He told her to go and that’s when the conflict stopped.
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