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Shahana / Hawke, Rosanne.

By: Series: Through my eyesPublication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2013.Description: 206 p. : mapISBN:
  • 9781743312469
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • F HAW
Summary: Abstract: Summary: A moving story of one child's life in a conflict zone. Shahana is a young girl living in war-torn Kashmir who lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, but Shahana ekes out a living with her beautiful embroidery. Then she finds a boy lying unconscious near the border. Zahid is from across the Line of Control, and Shahana takes a terrible risk by sheltering him. But how can she give Zahid up to the authorities when she knows he'll be imprisoned, or worse?
List(s) this item appears in: Cultural stories
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Junior Fiction Junior Fiction Bayview Library F Haw (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available I1413332892
Fiction Fiction Dee Why Library F HAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R81776WSLGS

Abstract: Summary: A moving story of one child's life in a conflict zone. Shahana is a young girl living in war-torn Kashmir who lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, but Shahana ekes out a living with her beautiful embroidery. Then she finds a boy lying unconscious near the border. Zahid is from across the Line of Control, and Shahana takes a terrible risk by sheltering him. But how can she give Zahid up to the authorities when she knows he'll be imprisoned, or worse?

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