Mud City, Deborah Ellis
Mud City, Deborah Ellis
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Mud City

Author: Deborah Ellis

Narrator: Meera Simhan

Unabridged: 3 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/22/2009


Synopsis

That was where she needed to be, in a field of purple flowers, where no one could bother her. She would sit there until the confusion left her head and the stink of the camp left her nostrils.

Shauzia has a dream. She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp in Pakistan and travelling to France. There she knows she would find a better life, away from the war in her home country of Afghanistan...

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...

About The Author

Deborah Ellis won Canada’s Governor General’s Award in 2000 for her first book, Searching for X. She is also the author of several other books, including Parvana’s Journey, winner of the Jane Addams Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award, given annually by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canadian Booksellers Association. She lives in Ontario, Canada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hafsa on November 24, 2017

I have a feeling that this novella is written in such a simple diction with a view to spreading its contents to a wide range of readers. I am not sure whether it's written for younger readers or not but I enjoyed the series likewise. This novella is the third instalment in "The Breadwinner" series b......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 18, 2013

This Book is awesome. Especially Chapter 4!......more

Goodreads review by Eric on August 23, 2013

Another great young adults book in the breadwinner series. Shazia is a young Afghan girl posing as a boy to be able to move around. The book opens in the mud refugee city for Afghans on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. On the one hand one becomes very annoyed with Shauzia for her complaints, her......more

*Recenzija se odnosi na sve 3 knjige početne trilogije: The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey i Mud City.* Svakodnevne stvari, odnosno - svakodnevne slobode - rijetko tko od nas smatra povlasticama. Dok bezbrižno šećemo ulicama, vozimo auto, idemo u školu/na posao/fakultet ili obavljamo svakodnevne posl......more

Goodreads review by Helen on February 11, 2021

This is another excellent book by Deborah Ellis! I could imagine I was experiencing all those events with the characters!......more