Under the Persimmon Tree
by Staples, Suzanne Fisher
ALA Best Book for Young AdultsSkipping Stones Honor AwardALA Notable/Best BooksSchoolAfghanistanCoop. Children's Book CenterJunior Library Guild SelectionNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen Age
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AR Book Level
5.9
AR Points
9
Word Count
58,225
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
100512 EN
About this book
During the Taliban's reign in Afghanistan, the lives of Najmah, a young refugee from Kunduz, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.