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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about Amir, a forty-year-old novelist living in the U.S., who returns to his native Afghanistan to right a terrible wrong that ended his boyhood friendship with Hassan, a member of the persecuted Hazara people.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
358 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a media titan's daughter is kidnapped in Afghanistan and offered in exchange for the freedom of a top Al Qaeda operative, covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath undertakes a dangerous mission to free the terrorist from a Kabul prison.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When the U.S. began its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Afghan Army instantly collapsed, Homeira Qaderi was marked for death at the hands of the Taliban. A celebrated author, academic, and champion for women's liberation, Homeira had achieved celebrity in her home country by winning custody of her son in a contentious divorce, a rarity in Afghanistan's patriarchal society. Homeira tried and failed to escape with her family through the turmoil...
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