num_pages: 256
description: The secret police are closing in. Tara and her family must flee to the mountains with only a few things they can carry. But their journey is only just beginning. Will anywhere feel like home again?
language: English
title: Kiss the Dust
titlecomplete: Kiss the Dust
genres: Historical, Read For School, Middle Grade, War, Iran, Young Adult, Childrens, Teen, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 715
places: Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan
publisher: MacMillan Children's Books