SALADIN by Nina Prentice

NARRATOR-3rd person
POINT OF VIEW-Narrator's
SETTING-Middle-East countries under the rule of Arabs in 12th century
PLOT-When Yusuf went to Aleppo in Syria to learn to fight under General Shirkuh, no one knew what this young man would do with his life. But years later, Yusuf became the great and valiant general, Saladin, the man who helped to bring Muslims together to win back the holy city of Jerusalem from the Franks.
PERSONAL COMMENTS-Arabic culture is represented very well in this book that can take you in a travel straight to the heart of Saladin's Empire with very detailed and precise descriptions of time and space.

Gaetano Moretti