The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and Mud City.In this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. Parvana does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear.
Afghanistan. A land ravaged by death and destruction. A nation grappling discrimination, poverty, religious fundamentalism, illiteracy and war. Where terror and violence have taken over, leaving no room for peace and love. In the middle of the storm of disaster stands the pillar of hope for society - a young girl named Parvana.
Parvana, a teenage girl, held captive by military soldiers in Afghanistan, is under no circumstances, going to give in. Give in to the humiliation, torture and pain i...