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An outstanding novel exploring the relationship between a young American woman and a refugee girl. Northern Afghanistan, 2001. When the Taliban takes her brother and father to be soldiers and the bombing of her tiny village kills her mother and baby brother, Najmah makes a dangerous journey over the mountains to Pakistan. Here she meets Elaine, an American woman waiting for her doctor husband to return from the front. Najmah joins Elaine's refugee school under the persimmon tree, until, sure that both their families are dead, Elaine tries to persuade her to go to America. But when Najmah's brother arrives at the school, still alive, she bravely decides to return with him to the village of their birth.

About the Author :
Suzanne Fisher Staples is a former United Press International news reporter who has worked in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. She is the award-winning author of many acclaimed books for young readers set in south Asia and the Middle East, including Shiva's Fire and The Green Dog. She lives in Pennsylvania, USA.

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"Staples powerfully and honestly expresses the plight of a civilization caught between terrorists and American bombs."--"Publishers Weekly," Starred Review "As with her Newbery Honor Book, SHABANU (1989), it's the personal story, not the history, that compels as it takes readers beyond the modern stereotypes of Muslims as fundamentalist fanatics. There's hope in heartbreaking scenes of kindness and courage."--"Booklist," Starred Review "Readers...will welcome this fascinating glimpse into a world about which far too little has been written."--"School Library Journal""" "Staples brings beautiful, war-torn Afghanistan closer in this affecting, eye-opening novel."--"Kirkus Reviews""" "The book manages to make the sometimes distant-seeming conflict immediate and vivid to American readers. A poignant picture of the cost of regional and global turmoil."--"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books""" "Staples's prose is spare yet taut with emotion, creating a rich, powerful story that young readers will devour and that all school and classroom libraries should stock."--"VOYA"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780744555974
  • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
  • Height: 197 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Weight: 290 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0744555973
  • Publisher Date: 06 Feb 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 129 mm


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