Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Welcome back for more of our One Library, One Book related Teen Books to Check Out. The Teen Book Club will be reading Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Relin for our November 3rd Book Club, but if you've already read it and are itching for more books about Pakistan, check out Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples.

Najmah's father and brother were taken away by the Taliban and her mother and baby brother were killed by a bomb during the Afghan War. Najmah decides to make the perilous journey from Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan, disguised as a boy. On the other side of the border, Nusrat has travelled to Pakistan from America with her Afghan doctor husband to set up clinics, but the two became separated so she starts running a school for Afghan refugee children that have come across the border. When the two women meet, they share a friendship borne out of loss and hope and a love of the night sky.

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