Book
Under the Persimmon Tree
- Published
- 2005
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Words
- 58225
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.9
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 1010L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
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.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780374380250
- ISBN-10
- 0374380252
Tags
ALSC NotablesHistorical FictionIslamPakistanPeople-ChildrenPeople-RefugeesPeople-TeachersWars-Misc./Other