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Summary:

Sonita was born in a refugee camp in Pakistan after her family fled Afghanistan during the war in the early 2000s. Unwelcome in Pakistan, her family returns to Afghanistan, where Sonita and her family face new challenges. Interspersed with facts about Afghanistan and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country. Readers will learn about the decades of conflict in Afghanistan and how they can help refugees in their communities and around the world who are struggling to find permanent homes.

Table of Contents:

• Leaving Afghanistan
• My homeland, Afghanistan
• Sonita's story : stories of our homeland
• The Afghan conflict
• Sonita's story : my family leaves Kabul
• S.O.S. : we need help
• Life in a refugee camp
• Sonita's story : my life in Kot Chandana
• Some countries welcome refugees
• Sonita's story : my uncle goes to Europe
• Challenges refugees face
• Sonita's story : we return to Afghanistan
• You can help
• Glossary
• Learning more
• Index and about the author.

Author/Creator:

Mason, Helen, 1950- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

A refugee's journey from Afghanistan [by Mason, H.]

Related Series:

Leaving my homeland

Subjects:

Refugees — Afghanistan

Refugee children — Afghanistan

Afghan War, 2001-2021 — Juvenile literature

Afghanistan — Social conditions — Juvenile literature

Afghan War (2001-)

Since 2001

Refugees

Social conditions

Refugee children

Afghanistan

Genres:

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Audience:

Children

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.

Call Numbers:

J362.7 M399re

ISBNs:

9780778731252 (hardcover)
0778731251 (reinforced library binding, alk. paper)
9780778731290 (pbk., alk. paper)
0778731294 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2016054821

OCLC Numbers:

962010461