Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Under the Persimmon Tree

Suzanne Fisher Staples

281 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
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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 Islam...

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