Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. In this long-awaited sequel, Parvana is now fifteen years old. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana.
The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. On a military base in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school. In this stunning sequel, Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan. The fourth book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey and Mud City.
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