A review by boguey
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

4.0

I picked Zeitoun up at the Encinitas Public Library on a Saturday afternoon and finished it by Tuesday evening. Dave Eggers' account follows a Muslim man from Syria named Zeitoun and his family, residents of New Orleans, through their experience with Hurricane Katrina. The story is equally dispiriting and inspiring, as Eggers explores what can happen, as it did, to a weak system suddenly in disarray. Toss into the natural devastation questions about religion, tolerance, heroism, and personal definitions of home, and you've got a read that is simply tough to put down.

This one is appropriate for all ages save for a couple of particularly difficult allusions that may not be suitable for pre-teens. Enjoy.