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Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Fathers and daughters, Juvenile fiction, Refugees, Child and youth fictionPeople
Mahtab and her familyPlaces
Afghanistan, AustraliaShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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For primary school children.
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The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey to Australia. Inspired by a true story.Mahtab was empty. She felt hungry...for water, for her father, for her grandmother, her aunts and uncles, for the trees in the back yard, the cabinet on the wall, the silver and glass objects so lovingly collected, for her mountains, the jagged peaks that cut the sky.Her father was dead. She felt sure of it. She was just a speck of dirt on the floor, drifting through the gap between the boards, falling to the ground.Mahtab and her family are forced to leave their home in Herat and journey secretly through the rocky mountains to Pakistan and from there to faraway Australia. Months go by, months of waiting, months of dread. Will they every be reunited with their father, will they ever find a home?This compelling novel by one of Australia's best-loved children's authors is basedc on the true story of one girl's voyage to Australia with her family.
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