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Under the Persimmon Tree
Under the Persimmon Tree
Author: Suzanne Fisher Staples
Najmah, a young Afghan girl whose name means “star,” suddenly finds herself alone when her father and older brother are conscripted by the Taliban and her mother and newborn brother are killed in an air raid. An American woman, Elaine, whose Islamic name is Nusrat, is also on her own. She waits out the war in Peshawar, Pakistan, teaching ref...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781439561515
ISBN-10: 1439561516
Publication Date: 10/10/2008
Pages: 281
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Book Type: Library Binding
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Wonderful and timely book by an author who worked as a news reporter in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Story of an Afghan girl and an American woman.
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