Title Nasreen's secret school : a true story from Afghanistan / by Jeanette Winter

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Beach Lane Books, 2009 ©2009

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W'BOOL CRC	371.822 Win/Nss		AVAILABLE

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm 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. Notes "A Global Fund for Children book" -- Cover Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010 American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project (2010) SUBJECT Taliban Subject Taliban -- Juvenile literature Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile literature Girls -- Education -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile literature Girls Education -- Afghanistan Parent-separated children Girls' schools -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile literature Children of disappeared persons -- Juvenile literature Sex role -- Juvenile fiction SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature Afghanistan -- Social conditions Genre/Form Curriculum resource. Curriculum resource Literature. Literature. Juvenile works Curriculum resource American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Fiction. Juvenile works. Dust jackets (Bindings) Fiction. Picture books for children Author Bobco, Ann, book designer Beach Lane Books, publisher Simon and Schuster, Inc., publisher LC no. 2009008285 ISBN 9781416994374 1416994378

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