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2001., Pre-adolescent, Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: LLC Fic Ell Lev. 5-6 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Lifelong learning collectionSummary Note: Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
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c2002., Juvenile, Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: LLC Fic Ell Lev. 5-6 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Lifelong learning collectionSummary Note: Thirteen year-old Parvana and other Afghan children search the countryside for missing parents.
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2004., Adult, Nan A. Talese Call No: Fic Kha Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in Kabul, this novel shows the effects of the Taliban's rule on two couples. Mohsen comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban have destroyed, while his wife Zunaira can no longer pursue her career as a teacher. Atiq, a prison keeper who has adopted the Taliban ideology, struggles to keep his faith while his wife suffers from an incurable illness.
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c2012., General, Ecco Call No: Fic Mur Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in war-torn Kabul, a harrowing yet tender novel--think "Bend It Like Beckham" in a burka--about one woman's courage and guile in the face of terror and tyranny.