Words In The Dust

Trent Reedy

Words In The Dust Zulaikha is an Afghan girl who was born with a cleft palate.She suffers merciless teasing from others in her village.She is noticed by a soldier when American forces are traveling through her village, and he offers to arrange the surgery that will repair her birth defect.Zulaikha is caught between opportunity and tradition in her culture that young American readers will find shocking but hopeful.

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