Words in the Dust - Couverture rigide

Reedy, Trent

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0545261252 ISBN 13 : 9780545261258

Editeur : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2011

Synopsis

Winner of the Christopher Medal and a "heart-wrenching" Al Roker's Book Club selection on the Today Show.

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 her 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?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Trent Reedy is the author of Divided We Fall, Burning Nation, and The Last Full Measure, a trilogy about the second American Civil War; If You're Reading This; Stealing Air; and Words in the Dust, which was the winner of the Christopher Medal and an Al Roker's Book Club pick on the Today show. Trent and his family live near Spokane, Washington. Please visit his website at www.trentreedy.com.

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From Words in the Dust

Meena sighed. "Ah, Zulaikha, the beautiful princess. How you've grown."

"I'm only a girl." I covered my mouth with my filthy chador. "I'm not beautiful."

"Only a girl?" She reached toward me and gently pulled the shawl away from my face. "Nonsense. There's nothing 'only' about being a girl. You must give yourself time. 'Every triumph from patience springs, the happy herald of better things.'"

I had always thought those words were something my mother had shared only with me. How could Meena know them? "That's what my mother used to say."

"Yes." She smiled. "I know. It comes from Yusuf and Zulaikha. Your mother adored the poet Jami. And you. So you will forgive me, Zulaikha-jan, if I cannot accept that you are, as you say, 'only a girl.'"

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0545261252
• ISBN 13: 9780545261258
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible