Summary
Deborah Ellis: City of Mud
OVER TWO MILLION COPIES OF THE TRILOGY ABOUT AFGHANISTAN GIRLS SOLD AROUND THE WORLD
"A lifetime!" Shauzia shouted in terror. "You expect me to do that all my life? I didn't leave Afghanistan to live in the mud!" She pointed to the mud walls that surrounded the Widow Sector, she knew that on the other side, in other parts of the refugee settlement, there were also mud walls. Perhaps the whole world is built of mud, and it will never escape from it. Parvana's best friend Shauzia has fled Afghanistan and is left to fend for herself on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan. Her only friend is her dog. Shauzia has to beg for food and money, and every night she looks for a safe place to sleep. But is it worse than spending his whole life in a refugee camp? A powerful and moving story about a brave and persistent girl who tries to manage her life.
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