Words in the Dust

by Trent Reedy

Book Overview

Winner of the Christopher Medal and a heart-wrenching Al Roker's Book Club selection on the Today Show.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545261252
• ISBN13: 9780545261258
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9