Under the Persimmon Tree

by Suzanne Fisher Staples. Farrar/ Frances Foster, 2005. $17.

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Najmah, an Afghan girl, who witnesses her mother's and brother's deaths in an air raid and her father's and older brother's conscription by the Taliban, finds refuge in Pakistan with an American-Muslim teacher.

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ISBN:

0-374-38025-2

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Best Books for Young Adults 2006 - Selection(s)

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