The Secret sky : : a Novel of Forbidden Love in Afghanistan
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Call Number: Teen Book / Fiction / Social Issues / Abawi, Atia
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Two teens from different ethnic groups in present-day Afghanistan must fight their culture, tradition, families, and the Taliban to stay together as they and another village boy relate the story of their forbidden love.
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The Secret Sky submitted by SBNB on August 8, 2021, 4:54pm This was a good book, and I ended up reading it all in one afternoon. There are some difficult topics discussed (rape, murder, abuse, etc), but nothing is too graphic.
PUBLISHED
New York : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 290 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399160783
0399160787
SUBJECTS
Taliban -- Fiction.
Love -- Fiction.
Ethnic relations -- Fiction.
Family life -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Pushtuns -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Hazāras -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Fiction.