Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan
Jameela lives with her mother and father in Afghanistan. Despite the fact that there is no school in their poor, war-torn village, and though Jameela lives with a birth defect that has left her with a cleft lip, she feels relatively secure, sustained by her unwavering faith and the strength of her beloved mother, Mor. But when Mor suddenly dies, Jameela s father impulsively decides to seek a new life in Kabul. Jameela, a devout Muslim, is appalled as her father succumbs to drink and drugs and then suddenly remarries, a situation that turns Jameela into a virtual slave to her demanding stepmother. When the stepmother discovers that Jameela is trying to learn to read, she urges her father to abandon the child in Kabul s busy marketplace. Throughout it all, it is the memory of Mor that anchors her and in the end gives Jameela the strength to face her father and stepmother when fate brings them into her life again.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780888998583 |
| ISBN 10 | 0888998589 |
| Title | Wanting Mor |
| Author | Rukhsana Khan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Groundwood Books |
| Year published | 2009-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Middle East Book Awards (Youth Literature) 2009, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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