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Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan
Tony O’Brien and Mike Sullivan introduce readers to children living in Kabul and in rural Afghan villages through intimate photographic portraits and brief narrative profiles that offer a glimpse of their lives and dreams. The introduction provides readers with a brief but essential grounding in the geography and current political turmoil of the Afghan nation as well as the ongoing war being fought there by the United States, and the poverty that dominates so many children’s lives. The faces and profiles that follow represent the hope that is Afghanistan’s future in a volume that will help children here put faces and stories with the name of a country that many will recognize from the news. ©2008 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Tony O'Brien
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-14
Age Range:
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Format:
Substantial Narrative Non-Fiction
Subjects:
Afghanis and Afghani Americans
Economic Hardship and Poverty
Hope and Healing
War
Diversity subject:
Asian
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Publish Year: 2008
Pages: 69
ISBN: 9781599902876
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 305 O'Brien