Clever Ali

By Nancy Farmer

Subjects: Fathers and sons, Sultans, Kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction, Egypt, history, fiction, Egypt in fiction, Kings and rulers, Pigeons, fiction, Homing pigeons, Father-son relationship, Kings, queens, rulers, Kings, queens, rulers, etc. in fiction, Homing pigeons in fiction, Pigeons in fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Pigeons, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Fathers and sons in fiction

Description: When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.