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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: GN ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of The Breadwinner animated film tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.
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[2015]., Adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: ADVEWNTURE F SMI Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Peak Volume: 2Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.
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2021., Adolescent, Algonquin Call No: HISTORICAL F ARA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2010], c2009., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC GRATZ Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL FIC GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: FIC Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC GRATZ Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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2021., General, Scholastic Press Call No: Historical Fiction GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL F GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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c2006, Adolescent, Watson-Guptill Publications Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Art encountersSummary Note: Born deformed, Anibus is considered cursed and is left in the desert to die, but after being rescued and raised in secret, she leads a nomadic life, finding acceptance with a colony of artists which includes Kamal al-Din Bihzad, the most famous master of Persian painting.
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC HAS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck - dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh.
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-- 1/2 from the east[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC Has Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck -- dress Obayda, the youngest of her sisters, as a boy, a bacha posh. Now Obayda is Obayd. Life in this in-between place is confusing, but once Obayda meets another bacha posh, everything changes. The two of them can explore the village on their own, climbing trees, playing sports, and more. But their transformation won't last forever -- unless the two best friends can figure out a way to make it stick and make their newfound freedoms endure.
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2010., Roaring Brook Press Call No: Fic Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tiger and Turtle learn the value of cooperation and friendship when their competition for a seemingly insignificant flower leads to near disaster.
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2005, Pre-adolescent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her husband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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2005., Pre-adolescent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: FIC STAPLES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.