Girl of Kosovo

Set during the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the novel follows eleven-year-old Albanian girl Zana and her family as they struggle to survive amid the brutal ethnic violence that engulfs their homeland. Through Zana's eyes, readers see the daily hardships of war, while her father's insistence that she not let hate consume her shapes her inner journey. The story blends a personal coming-of-age narrative with a vivid portrayal of a nation at war.