The story of my life : an Afghan girl on the other side of the sky /

The story of my life : an Afghan girl on the other side of the sky /

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Author / Creator:	Ahmedi, Farah.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, c2005.
Description:	v, 249 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Ahmedi, Farah. Ahmedi, Farah. Refugees -- United States -- Biography. Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Biography. Land mine victims -- Afghanistan -- Biography. Afghans -- United States -- Biography. Afghans. Land mine victims. Refugees. Afghanistan. United States. Autobiographies. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6440036

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Other authors / contributors:	Ansary, Mir Tamim.
ISBN:	1416906703 (alk. paper) 9781416906704 (alk. paper) 141691837X (pbk.) 9781416918370 (pbk.)
Notes:	committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Summary:	Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When she stepped on a land mine on her way to school, she began to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives and restore hope. She was taken from a childhood in Afghanistan, where the classrooms are naked chambers with only chalkboards on the walls and are filled with more students than seats (and no books), to a Chicago adolescence, where teenagers struggle to decide whether to try out for school plays, whom to take to the homecoming dance, and where to go to college. This story was selected from hundreds submitted to ABC's Good Morning America.

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Summary:	In an unprecedented partnership, ABC's Good Morning America, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, and Simon & Schuster Audio have teamed up to find the great American memoir from essays submitted in the fall of 2004. America will vote from three finalists for a winner, to be announced on April 22.
Physical Description:	v, 249 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	1416906703 9781416906704 141691837X 9781416918370