An Afghan boy struggling with the realities of his life in a refugee camp finds strength in his training as a carpet weaver, creating a tapestry of roses that helps him cope when his sister is hurt.
year: 1998, 2004
call number/section: 398.2, 1000
subjects: refugees, fiction, weaving, afghanistan, fiction, juvenile fiction, juvenile fiction
Editions
Khan, Rukhsana
Holiday House (1998)
When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning to weave.
Schools: 4
Khan, Rukhsana
Fitzhenry & Whiteside (2004)
An Afghan boy struggling with the realities of his life in a refugee camp finds strength in his training as a carpet weaver, creating a tapestry of roses that helps him cope when his sister is hurt.
Schools: 4