Wanting Mor

Wanting Mor
ISBN-10
0888998627
ISBN-13
9780888998620
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
190
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Author
Rukhsana Khan

Description

Jameela, a young girl living in war-torn Afghanistan, struggles to find her place in the world after her mother dies and she moves to Kabul with her drunken father where she clashes with her stepmother and ends up in an orphanage.

Other editions

  • Wanting Mor
    • 2009-05-01
    • 192 pages
    • Ebook
    • Groundwood Books Ltd

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