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Author
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.
2) Afghanistan
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
4) Afghanistan
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the background and history of Afghanistan, explaining where the country is located, and how it has been affected by war and the Taliban.
5) Afghanistan
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Earth Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the geography, culture, and people of Afghanistan, including a map, legend, recipe, craft, and game.
6) Afghanistan
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to Afghanistan, following a simple question-and-answer format that discusses land features, government, housing, transportation, industries, education, sports, art forms, holidays, food and family life. Includes a map, fast facts
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
11) 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.
12) The kite runner
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
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Tapper exposes the origins of this tragic and confounding story, exploring the history of the camp and detailing the stories of soldiers heroic and doomed, shadowed by the recklessness of their commanders in Washington, D.C. and a war built on constantly shifting sands.
14) Kandahar
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An undercover CIA operative gets stuck in hostile territory in Afghanistan after his mission is exposed. Accompanied by his translator, he must fight enemy combatants as he tries to reach an extraction point in Kandahar.
15) The breadwinner
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
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
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story. After her parents are taken away by the Taliban, young Nasreen stops speaking. But as she spends time in a secret school, she slowly breaks out of her shell.
18) The kite runner
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the af
19) The ghost war
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Part historical evocation, part travelogue, and part personal quest, An Unexpected Light is the account of Elliot's journey through Afghanistan, a country considered off-limits to travelers for twenty years. Aware of the risks involved, but determined to explore what he could of the Afghan people and culture, Elliot leaves the relative security of Kabul. He travels by foot and on horseback, and hitches rides on trucks that eventually lead him into...
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