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Razia's ray of hope : one girl's dream of an education / written by Elizabeth Suneby ; illustrated by Suana Verelst.
LIBRA PZ7.S95826 Raz 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suneby, Elizabeth, 1958- author.
- Series:
- CitizenKid
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Girls--Education--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
- Girls.
- Girls' schools--Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
- Girls' schools.
- Jan, Razia--Juvenile fiction.
- Jan, Razia.
- Social conditions.
- Girls--Education.
- Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century--Juvenile fiction.
- Afghanistan.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Razia dreams of getting an education, but in her small village in Afghanistan, girls haven't been allowed to attend school for many years. When a new girls' school opens in the village, a determined Razia must convince her father and oldest brother that educating her would be best for her, their family and their community. Based on the true stories of the students of the Zabuli Education Center for Girls just outside of Kabul, founded by a Razia Jan, a CNN hero, who also appears in the story.
- ISBN:
- 9781554538164
- 1554538165
- OCLC:
- 859645949
- Publisher Number:
- 99987196978
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