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Summary:

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.

Author/Creator:

Winter, Jeanette

Contributors:

Bobco, Ann , book designer

Beach Lane Books , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Simon and Schuster, Inc. , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Nasreen's secret school: a true story from Afghanistan [by Winter, J.]

Subjects:

Taliban — Juvenile literature

Girls' schools — Afghanistan — Juvenile literature

Girls — Education — Afghanistan — Juvenile literature

Children of disappeared persons — Juvenile literature

Sex role — Juvenile fiction

Afghanistan — Social conditions — 21st century — Juvenile literature

Taliban

2000-2099

Girls — Education

Girls

Children of disappeared persons

Sex role

Social conditions

Girls' schools

Afghanistan

Genres:

Juvenile works

Fiction

General Notes:

"A Global Fund for Children book"--Cover.
"Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division ; Book design by Ann Bobco ; Manufactured in China"--Col.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010.
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project (2010)
Accelerated Reader 4.2.
Reading Counts! 3.4.

Audience:

Children
Ages: 6-9.
Elementary Grade.
630 (source: Lexile)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

J371.823 W785na

ISBNs:

9781416994374 (hardcover)
1416994378 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009008285

OCLC Numbers:

311763793