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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 refugee...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312377762
ISBN-10: 0312377762
Publication Date: 4/1/2008
Pages: 304
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Square Fish
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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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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