Under the Persimmon Tree
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
9780374380250
ISBN 13: 9780374380250
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 2005
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During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Book Description: Farrar Straus Giroux, United States, 2005. Hardback. Book Condition: New. First. 220 x 158 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Intertwined portraits of courage and hope in Afghanistan and Pakistan Najmah, a young Afghan girl whose name means "star," suddenly finds herself alone when her father and older brother are conscripted by the Taliban and her mother and newborn brother are killed in an air raid. An American woman, Elaine, whose Islamic name is Nusrat, is also on her own. She waits out the war in Peshawar, Pakistan, teaching refugee children under the persimmon tree in her garden while her Afghan doctor husband runs a clinic in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.Najmah's father had always assured her that the stars would take care of her, just as Nusrat's husband had promised that they would tell Nusrat where he was and that he was safe. As the two look to the skies for answers, their fates entwine. Najmah, seeking refuge and hoping to find her father and brother, begins the perilous journey through the mountains to cross the border into Pakistan. And Nusrat's persimmon-tree school awaits Najmah's arrival. Together, they both seek their way home.Known for her award-winning fiction set in South Asia, Suzanne Fisher Staples revisits that part of the world in this beautifully written, heartrending novel. "Under the Persimmon Tree" is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Bookseller Inventory # AAS9780374380250 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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