Under the persimmon tree
By: Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher: Walker Books; Walker Books Ltd
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780744555974
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001-; Juvenile fiction; Refugees; History
Description: During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Notes: "A story of survival in war-torn Afghanistan"--Cover subtitle.