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Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Tony (Author), O'Brien, Tony (Photographer), Sullivan, Michael (Author)

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ISBN: 1599902877 ISBN-13: 9781599902876
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books

OUR PRICE: $16.99

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2008
* Out of Print *

Annotation: If the stories that come out of Afghanistan are ever to contain hope for the future, then the young people readers will meet in these pages are that hope. From street workers to female students in newly formed academies, children who work in family businesses, and pickpockets who steal from visiting photographers, these are the faces of young Afghanis who universally wish for peace in their neighborhoods, in their country, in their lifetimes.

Award-winning photojournalist Tony O'Brien and filmmaker Mike Sullivan went to Afghanistan to interview and photograph children of a wide range of ages, from varied ethnic backgrounds, and with very different daily lives. As each one tells his or her story the reader is placed right in the middle of everyday life as it is lived by children in the midst of one of the world's most enduringly conflict-ridden countries.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2008007004

Age Level: 8-14

Grade Level: 3-9

Physical Information: 0.47" H x 9.34" W x 10.2" L (1.17 lbs) 80 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2010

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 10/01/2008 pg. 1074
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2008 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 152
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2008
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Recommended, Satisfactory
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 23

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 127615
Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Tony O'Brien is a photo journalist who has been to Afghanistan many times in his work for major publications such as Time and Life. Here, he and his brother-in-law, Mike Sullivan, interview children of all ages about their lives, their fears and their dreams. The children's voices and their images are haunting, illuminating and make for compulsive and compulsory reading.

Contributor Bio(s): Sullivan, Michael: -

Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University, received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Before retiring, Mike taught at Chicago State for 35 years, where he honed an approach to teaching and writing that forms the foundation for his textbooks. Mike has been writing for over 35 years and currently has fifteen books in print. His books have been awarded both Texty and McGuffey awards from TAA.
Mike is a member of both the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America and the Text and Academic Authors Association, and received the TAA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. His influence in the field of mathematics extends to his four children: Kathleen, who teaches college mathematics; Michael III, who also teaches college mathematics, and who is his coauthor on two precalculus series; Dan, who is a sales director for a college textbook publishing company; and Colleen, who teaches middle-school and secondary school mathematics. Twelve grandchildren round out the family.

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