num_pages: 288
description: For Tara, the world is turned upside down when her father's involvement in the Kurdish resistance movement forces the family to flee Iraq and eventually seek asylum in Britain. This book is written by the award-winning writer Elizabeth Laird, author of "Red Sky in Morning".
language: English
title: Kiss the Dust
titlecomplete: Kiss the Dust
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Iran, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Read For School, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 714
places: Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan
publisher: Puffin Books