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The broken circle

a memoir of escaping Afghanistan
2019
Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller describes the journey she and her family took to escape Afghanistan after the 1980 Soviet invasion and reconnect with her mother, who never returned after leaving for medical treatment in India.
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Returning to Afghanistan

2019
"Sonita has been a refugee for her entire life. Born in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Sonita had never seen her familys homeland of Afghanistan until, faced with discrimination in Pakistan and possible deportation, her parents decided to return. But despite the end of the war, Afghanistan is not the home Sonitas parents and sister remember. Sonita must adjust to life in a homeland she has never known, and work hard to survive and thrive in a country still full of conflict and insecurity. Interwoven with facts about the conflict in Afghanistan, Sonitas story gives a look at the experiences of Afghan refugees forced to return to a home that no longer exists"--Amazon.
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Fire in my eyes

an American warrior's journey from being blinded on the battlefield to gold medal victory
Former US Navy Lieutenant Brad Snyder shares his heroic journey from being blinded by an IED in Afghanistan to becoming a gold medalist in the Paralympics.
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True teen stories from Afghanistan and Pakistan

surviving the Taliban
A book for high school students about the reality of daily life under control of the Taliban.
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Parvana's journey

With Kabul in ruins from the Taliban's control, Parvana dresses as a boy and sets out to leave Afghanistan in search of her family.
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Ponte en mi lugar

"Soon after fleeing Afghanistan and moving to London with her family, Aliya's brother is accused of being a terrorist. Aliya begins to doubt her brother's innocence when Dan, a young man who does plumbing work in their new house, finds a gun in their bathroom. Dan discovers that his own father might have links to the brother, but he holds his tongue. Aliya and Dan try to find out the truth in order to protect both their families"--Amazon.com.

Extra credit

Three young middle-school-age children, Abby, Amira, and Sadeed, exchange letters back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan and begin to bridge a gap across cultural and religious divides.

Sandstorm blast

2019
When his helicopter crashes in Kunar Province in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Jamal Jenkins is cut off from the forward base where the rest of his pararescue team is under fire--injured and captured by the Taliban Jenkins struggles to survive while the rest of his team sets out to find and rescue him.
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A thousand splendid suns

Afghan women Mariam and Laila grow close, despite their nearly twenty-year age difference and initial rivalry, as they suffer at the hands of a common enemy--their abusive, much-older husband, Rasheed.

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