The Last Watchman of Old Cairo

by Lukas, Michael David

Middle East Book AwardMiddle Eastern/Northern African PeopleJewish People
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AR Book Level
7.5
AR Points
12
Word Count
70,829
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
512368 EN

About this book

Berkeley literature student Joseph--born of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father--discovers a remarkable family history that opens with the al-Raqb family having served for a millennium as watchmen of the Ibn Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo.

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