Description
'Come Jameela. Stand right here. I need to do something.'
I grab hold of his sleeve. 'Where are you going?'
His face is twisted. He doesn't look at me.
'Never mind.'
Jameela lives with her family in a war-torn village in Afghanistan. Life is hard, but when her mother dies, and her father remarries, Jameela has to face a greater horror. To survive she draws on the strong sense of self that her mother gave her.
I grab hold of his sleeve. 'Where are you going?'
His face is twisted. He doesn't look at me.
'Never mind.'
Jameela lives with her family in a war-torn village in Afghanistan. Life is hard, but when her mother dies, and her father remarries, Jameela has to face a greater horror. To survive she draws on the strong sense of self that her mother gave her.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
177 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2009
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
ISBN-10
1742372597
ISBN-13
9781742372594