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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A novel set against the three decades of Afghanistan's history shaped by Soviet occupation, civil war, and the Taliban, which tells the stories of two women, Mariam and Laila, who grow close despite their nineteen-year age difference and initial rivalry as they suffer at the hand of a common enemy: their abusive husband.
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Language
English
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Description
Find something to believe in, Jamil renounced a life of jihad when he encountered the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. But his new mission as an itinerant health worker in the hills of Afghanistan is met with skepticism and even violence. Returning to Kabul, relief worker Amy Mallory is shocked by the changes in her organization, changes with dire implications for the women and children under her care. And concern for her former assistant Jamil...
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 6
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy a
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Commander Donovan has a chance to prove to himself and his elite SEAL team that he has what it takes to lead when their helicopter is shot down and some of his men captured by terrorists in the mountains of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
10) Extra credit
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To three-year-old Pari, big brother Abdullah is more mother than brother. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.
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Language
English
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Description
Under the expert guidance of an old-school hero and veteran of the elite British Special Air Service, MI6 agent Taverner prepares to enter Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to destroy a cache of the CIA's precious Stinger missiles before they can fall into the hands of al-Qaeda.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Doctor Jonathan Ransom returns in Christopher Reich's sequel to Rules of Deception. Still on the hunt for his wife, who he recently discovered was a international spy, Ransom gets wrapped up in a scandal involving a secret American cargo plane that crashed on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. To stay alive, Ransom must continue to use his unmatchable wits.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
[This] is a landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women. Eighteen writers tell stories that are both unique and universal - stories of family, work, childhood, friendship, war, gender identity and cultural traditions--
15) Enduring freedom
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Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined--
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Series
Publisher
Atria Books
Language
English
Description
Covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is called in to rescue American doctor Julia Gallo, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan, but the ransom requires that Harvath infiltrates Policharki Prison and frees an inmate, Mustafa Khan--an al-Qaeda leader.
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Izzy Astor gets on a plane to go home, she isn't expecting much. It's the usual holiday travel experience: busy, crowded, stressful. Then she spots her seatmate, who is anything but ordinary. Nate Phelan sports dark hair, blue eyes, and a deliciously rugged charm that Izzy can't resist. Their connection is undeniable. Izzy never believed in destiny before, but she does now. Just ninety seconds after takeoff, their plane goes down in the Missouri...
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Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See. In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age story about one boy's journey across contemporary Afghanistan to find and bring home the family dog, blending the grit and immediacy of voice-driven fiction like We Need New Names with the mythmaking of One Thousand and One Nights. Twelve-year-old Marwand's memories from his previous visit to Afghanistan six years ago center on his contentious relationship with Budabash, the terrifying but beloved dog who guards his extended family's...
20) Missing persons
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Series
Language
English
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A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. As Jack uncovers more of the woman's backstory, the...
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