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Afghan dreams : young voices of Afghanistan

by O'Brien, Tony; Sullivan, Mike.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books; 2008Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Hardcover.Description: 69 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9781599902876.Subject(s): Teenagers -- Afghanistan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Teenagers -- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature | Children -- Afghanistan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Children -- Afghanistan -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureOnline resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Summary: "If the stories that come out of Afghanistan are ever to contain hope for the future, then the young people readers will meet in these pages are that hope. From street workers to female students in newly formed academies, children who work in family businesses, and pickpockets who steal from visiting photographers, these are the faces of young Afghanis who universally wish for peace in their neighborhoods, in their country, in their lifetimes."--Publisher's description.
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"If the stories that come out of Afghanistan are ever to contain hope for the future, then the young people readers will meet in these pages are that hope. From street workers to female students in newly formed academies, children who work in family businesses, and pickpockets who steal from visiting photographers, these are the faces of young Afghanis who universally wish for peace in their neighborhoods, in their country, in their lifetimes."--Publisher's description.