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-- Parvana2012., Adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: Historical fiction FIC ELLIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Parvana recounts memories from the past four years of her life as she awaits foreign military forces to determine her fate and wonders if she will ever be reunited with those she loves.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Beach Lane Books Call No: 371.823 WINTER Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nasreen stops speaking and tries to isolate herself after the Taliban take her parents, but with the help of a good friend and a secret school, Nasreen slowly begins to break out of her shell.
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2009., Juvenile, Puffin Books Call No: Realistic 371.82 Mor Tho Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: An adaptation for youth of Greg Mortenson's account of his mission to promote peace through education by building more than sixty schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Features a foreword by Jane Goodall, new photos and illustrations, and an interview with Greg's twelve-year-old daughter, Amira.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: HI-INT 371.822 THO Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself--at last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools.--From publisher description.
