Parvana's promise / Ellis, Deborah.

For secondary school age. Abstract: On amilitary base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have imprisoned a teenage girl found in a bombed-out school. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any lanuage and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana...