Words in the Dust
  • Published:
    Jan-2011 (Hardcover)
    Sep-2013 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    272
  • Age Level:
    10-13
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In the tradition of SHABANU, DAUGHTER OF THE WIND and THE BREADWINNER, a beautiful debut about a daughter of Afghanistan discovering new friends and opportunities after the defeat of the Taliban.

Zulaikha hopes. She hopes for peace, now that the Taliban have been driven from Afghanistan; a good relationship with her hard stepmother; and one day even to go to school, or to have her cleft palate fixed. Zulaikha knows all will be provided for her--"Inshallah," God willing.

Then she meets Meena, who offers to teach her the Afghan poetry she taught her late mother. And the Americans come to the village, promising not just new opportunities and dangers, but surgery to fix her face. These changes could mean a whole new life for Zulaikha--but can she dare to hope they'll come true?
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    • Sep-2013
    • Arthur A. Levine Books
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0545261260
    • ISBN13: 9780545261265
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    • Sep-2011
    • Frances Lincoln
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1847802710
    • ISBN13: 9781847802712
    • First Edition
    • Jan-2011
    • Arthur A. Levine Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0545261252
    • ISBN13: 9780545261258
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    • Sep-2013
    • Perfection Learning
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1680650645
    • ISBN13: 9781680650648
    • Library Binding
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    • Sep-2011
    • Lincoln, Frances Limited
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1781010315
    • ISBN13: 9781781010310
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Lincoln, Frances Limited
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1781010293
    • ISBN13: 9781781010297
    •  
    • Mar-2013
    • Arthur A. Levine Books
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Mar-2013
    • Scholastic
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 054557806X
    • ISBN13: 9780545578066
    •  
    • Jan-2012
    • Playaway
    • Playaway
    • ISBN: 1615878734
    • ISBN13: 9781615878734
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    • Mar-2012
    • Scholastic
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0545391733
    • ISBN13: 9780545391733
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    • Jul-2012
    • Scholastic
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 0545472822
    • ISBN13: 9780545472821



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