The Resource The long road from Kandahar, Sara MacDonald
The long road from Kandahar, Sara MacDonald
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The item The long road from Kandahar, Sara MacDonald represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Pakistan: Among the almond orchards of the Swat Valley, Zamir tends goats with his son, Raza. He must make a heartbreaking decision if he is to protect his youngest child from the Taliban. Afghanistan: On a military base in Lashkar Gah, Ben lives on edge, wondering if his family will be the next to receive life-changing news from the front line. Cornwall: And in a ramshackle house on the Cornish coast, Ben?s mother Delphi, an artist, offers a refuge to her grandson Finn, as he retreats from the changes he senses in his family.When Raza and Finn, two boys from impossibly different worlds, meet, they are united by their loneliness. But will their unexpected bond be enough to save not just each other, but also their families, just as all their lives are about to change forever?
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 468 pages
- Note
- Includes reading group questions
- Isbn
- 9780008532567
- Label
- The long road from Kandahar
- Title
- The long road from Kandahar
- Statement of responsibility
- Sara MacDonald
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Pakistan: Among the almond orchards of the Swat Valley, Zamir tends goats with his son, Raza. He must make a heartbreaking decision if he is to protect his youngest child from the Taliban. Afghanistan: On a military base in Lashkar Gah, Ben lives on edge, wondering if his family will be the next to receive life-changing news from the front line. Cornwall: And in a ramshackle house on the Cornish coast, Ben?s mother Delphi, an artist, offers a refuge to her grandson Finn, as he retreats from the changes he senses in his family.When Raza and Finn, two boys from impossibly different worlds, meet, they are united by their loneliness. But will their unexpected bond be enough to save not just each other, but also their families, just as all their lives are about to change forever?
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- MacDonald, Sara
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Taliban
- Families
- Loneliness
- Boys
- Friendship
- Cornwall (England: County)
- Afghanistan
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The long road from Kandahar, Sara MacDonald
- Note
- Includes reading group questions
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000071480296
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 468 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780008532567
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1284290980
- Label
- The long road from Kandahar, Sara MacDonald
- Note
- Includes reading group questions
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000071480296
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 468 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780008532567
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1284290980
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