Under, Tree, Persimmon

Under the Persimmon Tree

• ISBN13: 9780312377762
• Condition: USED - Very Good
• Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Najmah, a young Afghan girl whose name means “star,” suddenly finds herself alone when her father and older brother are conscripted by the Taliban and her mother and newborn brother are killed in an air raid. An American woman, Elaine, whose Islamic name is Nusrat, is also on her own. She waits out the war in Peshawar, Pakistan, teaching refugee children under the persimmon tree in her garden while her Afghan doctor husband runs a clinic in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Najmah’s father had always assured her that the stars would take care of her, just as Nusrat’s husband had promised that they would tell Nusrat where he was and that he was safe. As the two look to the skies for answers, their fates entwine. Najmah, seeking refuge and hoping to find her father and brother, begins the perilous journey through the mountains to cross the border into Pakistan. And Nusrat’s persimmon-tree school awaits Najmah’s arrival. Together, they both seek their way home.

Known for her award-winning fiction set in South Asia, Suzanne Fisher Staples revisits that part of the world in this beautifully written, heartrending novel.

List Price: $ 7.99



Price: $ 1.91









More Under Products

Other posts like this, by keyword:

Under:

under what circumstances would a quadratic inequality have a solution set that is a closed interval? ...
How can I find companions to travel abroad with? ...
Politics Under God Reviews ...
Nations Under God (International Theological Commentary) ...
The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation ...
30 Years Under the Beam: Bethlehem Steel Exposed. As told by those who worked there ...
Parenting Under Pressure: Prison Reviews ...
Under the Sea: a Treasury of Great Writing about the Ocean Depths ...
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918 (Campaigns and Commanders) Reviews ...
Under His Blood ...
Tree:

Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 1+: Floppy’s Phonics Non-fiction: My Pet (Floppy Phonics) ...
From Generation to Regeneration; The Sex Question and the Money Power ; and the Tree of Life Between Two Thieves. Three Pamphlets on the Occ ...
Magic Tree House Collection Volume 1: Books 1-4: #1 Dinosaurs Before Dark; #2 The Knight at Dawn; #3 Mummies in the Morning; #4 Pirates Past ...
Prima’s Official Companion to Family Tree Maker Version 7 ...
Lucy’s Family Tree ...
Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art ...
Magic Tree House Research Guide #21: Leprechauns and Irish Folklore: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #43: Leprechaun in Late Wint ...
GET OUTA MY TREE!! ...
Under The Mango Tree: Stories from Spanish Speaking Countries (English and Spanish Edition) ...
What does a tree or nature have to do with art? ...
Persimmon: