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Mud City
By Ellis, Deborah
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-88899-518-6
- Publisher
- Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
Gr 5-7 Stuck in the Widows' Compound of an Afghan refugee camp just across the border in Pakistan, Shauzia chafes at the endless small jobs Mrs. Weera assigns to her. She longs to take charge of her life, travel with her faithful dog Jasper, and make her way to the sea and ultimately to France. She leaves the camp dressed as a boy to try to earn money in Peshawar but there is little work and the meager amount she does earn is stolen by the police. Befriended by a Western family, she misunderst...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
