Bibliograph

Words in the dust, a novel by Trent Reedy ; introduction by Katherine Paterson

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Words in the dust, a novel by Trent Reedy ; introduction by Katherine Paterson

Language

eng

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Intended audience

670, Lexile

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Words in the dust

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Oclc number

795570554

Responsibility statement

a novel by Trent Reedy ; introduction by Katherine Paterson

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Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 4.6, 10.0, 141508.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 4.2, 16, Quiz: 51061.

Summary

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..

Target audience

pre adolescent

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