Words in the dust
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2011 - Arthur A. Levine Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
0 words, Guess
Page Count
0 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780545261258
- Internet Archivewordsindust0000reed
- ISBN-100545261252
- ISBN-139780545261258
- OCLC Control Number639167388
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780545261258
- Open LibraryOL24523959M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.R25423 Wo 2011
- LCCPZ7.R25423Wo 2011
and 1 more
- LCCPS3618.E436 W67 2011
Description
Zulaikha, a thirteen-year-old girl in Afghanistan, faces a series of frightening but exhilirating changes in her life as she defies her father and secretly meets with an old woman who teaches her to read, her older sister gets married, and American troops offer her surgery to fix her disfiguring cleft palate.
Subjects
Topics
FictionLiteracySex roleFamiliesCleft lipFamily lifeCleft palateJuvenile fictionSex role, fictionLiteracy, fictionChildren's fictionCleft lip - FictionFamily life, fictionAfghanistan, fictionReading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 6Reading Level-Grade 12Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 11
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