Ibitisam Barakat is the protagonist in Tasting the Sky. She is a young Palestinian girl who must live through the struggles of the 6 days war and many other conflicts with her family. She meets many people, but many of which she is not friends with anymore, except Alef, her piece of chalk that helps her rebuild her world after it is broken. Ibitisam is a very brave, resourceful, and intelligent girl who finds light in the darkest of circumstances, even though she is a young child.
This story really shows me that no matter what I'm going through, there are people in the world, sometimes even younger than me, that have much bigger problems and I need to get over mine. Hope this helps!
