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A boy in Brooklyn receives a package from Iran. When he opens up the mysterious bottle that lies within, a great wind transports him over the oceans and mountains, straight into the arms of his grandfather. Despite being separated by politics and geography, the boy and his Baba Bazorg can share an extraordinary gift, the bond of their love.
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K-Gr. 3. The book jacket, featuring a picture of a bottle with a rolled map plugging the opening, is the first intriguing image in this story of a young boy's strange journey. The bottle arrives in a package; when the boy removes the map, wind blows out of the bottle, whisking him across the sea and through the city where his father was born to the place where his grandfather, Baba Bazorg, now lives. Together they have tea, and the grandfather explains how, whenever the boy wants a cup of tea, he can open the bottle and be carried back to him. Children may not grasp the deeper idea about love and caring crossing borders, and the country to which the boy travels is not identified in the text (according to the blurb, it's Iran). The artwork, however, is striking--an effective combination of simple, cut-paper shapes, collage, and stamp art, set against maps charting the boy's adventure. Give this to the children of immigrant families and to any child whose loving relatives live far away. Julie Cummins
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Kristen Balouch is the author and illustrator of Mystery Bottle. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two children.