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Mud City

Deborah Ellis author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:2nd Feb '23

Should be back in stock very soon

Mud City cover

Third title in the bestselling Breadwinner series, about Afghan children caught up in war.

Shauzia, Parvana's best friend from The Breadwinner, has fled war-torn Afghanistan and is living in a refugee camp in Afghanistan. Determined to take control of her destiny, she escapes the camp, with no money, no food and only her dog Jasper for company.The third book in the internationally bestselling Breadwinner series. Parvana's best friend from The Breadwinner, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France. But escape is not so easy. Once she leaves the camp, she has no money, no food, and only her dog Jasper for company. But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself. This is another deeply moving story from Deborah Ellis, which casts light for readers on the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

"I was gripped by this series and couldn't drag myself away from it. Ellis beautifully captures childhood in war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan. The stories are very moving." * Malala Yousafzai *

ISBN: 9780192787323

Dimensions: 200mm x 130mm x 11mm

Weight: 150g

160 pages