NIST comments:
Y10: "Really good and emotional book"
Collection
Publication
Riverhead Books (2013), Edition: 1, 400 pages
Description
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.
Subjects
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Original publication date
2003
Awards
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2007)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2006)
Alex Award (2004)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2006)
Borders Original Voices (Fiction — 2003)
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (Winner — 2004)
Prix des libraires du Québec (2006)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction — 2004)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (21 — 2010)
Reading Across Rhode Island (2005)
Notable Books List (2004)
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (Social Sciences — 2004)
World Library by The Guardian (Afghanistan)
Language
Original language
English