Publication

2005 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

68,750 words, Guess

Page Count

275 pages

Identifiers

and 10 more
  • Goodreads356284
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004053256
  • OCLC Control Number56058346
  • Better World BooksW6-BJS-888
  • Better World Books9780374380250
  • Better World BooksW6-AUO-386
  • Better World BooksP6-CEW-182
  • Better World BooksO7-BIO-743
  • Better World Bookso7-awu-744
  • Open LibraryOL3307492M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.S79346 Un 2005
  • LCCPZ7.S79346Un 2005

Description

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.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile fiction

Other Editions

  • Under the persimmon treeFarrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)2005-01-01

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