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A Top 10 ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2005
"Honest and precociously articulate, Akbar, now 20, filters complex Afghan traditions and history through a pop-culture lens."-Entertainment Weekly
"There's no shortage of realistic detail. This is a book that leaves dust in your hair and blows sand into your teeth."-San Francisco Chronicle
"Raw, honest and unnerving, the book is a grim reminder of Afghanistan's ongoing political struggles."-USA Today
Said Hyder Akbar is currently a junior at Yale University in New Haven, CT. He is also codirector and founder of his own nongovernmental organization, Wadan Afghanistan, which has rebuilt schools and constructed pipe systems in rural Kunar province. Susan Burton is a contributing editor of This American Life and a former editor at Harper's. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine.
Also available: HC ISBN 1-58234-520-1 ISBN-13 978-1-58234-520-8 $24.95
Kindle Book
- Release date: December 1, 2008
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781596919976
- Release date: December 1, 2008
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781596919976
- File size: 2575 KB
- Release date: December 1, 2008
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English
Levels
ATOS Level:6.8
Lexile® Measure:860
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-5