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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.
![The breadwinner [LLC]](/Library/images/~imageCT67293.JPG "The breadwinner [LLC]")
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2010., Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. Call No: 958.1047 V248c Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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c2013., Adult, Knopf Canada Call No: 958.104 G648d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A highly personal narrative of our war in Afghanistan and how it went dangerously wrong. Written by a former foreign correspondent, this is a gripping account of modern warfare that takes you into back alleys, cockpits and prisons. From the corruption of law enforcement agents and the tribal nature of the local power structure to the economics of the drug trade and the frequent blunders of foreign troops, this is the no-holds-barred story from a leading expert on the insurgency. A bold and candid look at the Taliban's continued influence--and at the mistakes, catastrophes and ultimate failure of the West's best intentions.
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2013., Adult, Little, Brown and company Call No: Bio Y82y Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school. Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. The remarkable tale of terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons"--Provided by publisher.
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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.
![Parvana's journey [LLC]](/Library/images/~imageCT67294.JPG "Parvana's journey [LLC]")
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2009., Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press Call No: 958.1 P481s Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2009., Viking Call No: 371.823 M887s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
