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Nasreen’s Secret School

Nasreen’s Secret School

Author(s): Jeanette Winter

Location(s): Afghanistan

Genre(s): Children

Era(s): Modern

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This is a picture book told  through the eyes of the grandmother. How a once flourishing city, the soldiers have come and now there is fear and little in the way of stimulus. Her grand-daughter, Nasreen, has to stay at home all day because the Taliban soldiers have removed pleasure and learning to the girls…

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A thought provoking take on life as a little girl in Afghanistan. It may feel more potent to adults reading this book with their children, because children can assimilate horror within their own terms...

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