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Author Interview

Write ten questions that you would ask the author if you could interview him.

Books by Kevin Powers

Read another book written by Powers.

Desert and Mountains

Draw a picture that shows Al Tafar and the desert on one side of the paper. Then draw a picture of the mountains where Bartle lives at the end of the novel.

Timeline

The novel is not told in chronological order. Put the major events in order on a timeline.

Iraq

Research the geography and topography of Iraq. Write a few paragraphs describing the place.

The Yellow Birds: The Movie

Imagine that you are the director of a movie based on the novel. List the actors and actresses that you would choose to play the main characters.

Map It

Show on a map the places that Barle traveled and where Bartle imagined that Murph's body traveled.

Murph's Journal

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