Words in the Dust

by Trent Reedy

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781010297
Publisher:	Lincoln, Frances Limited
Publication date:	09/06/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	442 KB
Age Range:	12 - 15 Years

About the Author

Trent Reedy is the author of Divided We Fall, Burning Nation, and The Last Full Measure, a trilogy about the second American Civil War; If You're Reading This; Stealing Air; and Words in the Dust, which was the winner of the Christopher Medal and an Al Roker's Book Club pick on the Today show. Trent and his family live near Spokane, Washington. Please visit his website at www.trentreedy.com.

Read an Excerpt

From the foreword by Katherine Paterson:

I'd been eager to read this book ever since Trent first told me he was going to try to write it. And he has done in Zulaikha exactly what I hoped he would do. He has given me an Afghan friend for whom I care so deeply I cannot read a news report without wondering how what has occurred is affecting her life... I am profoundly grateful for an introduction to a land and culture that are foreign to me through this beautiful and often heart-breaking tale of one strong and compassionate girl. She will live on in my heart and, I feel sure, the heart of every reader of this fine book.