The Sky at Our Feet, Nadia Hashimi
The Sky at Our Feet, Nadia Hashimi
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The Sky at Our Feet

Author: Nadia Hashimi

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/06/2018


Synopsis

This middle grade novel by bestselling author Nadia Hashimi tells the affecting story of an Afghan-American boy who believes his mother has been deported. For fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Counting by 7s. Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan. Although Jason was born in the US, it’s hard to feel American now when he’s terrified that his mother will be discovered—and that they will be separated.When he sees his mother being escorted from her workplace by two officers, Jason feels completely alone. He boards a train with the hope of finding his aunt in New York City, but as soon as he arrives in Penn Station, the bustling city makes him wonder if he’s overestimated what he can do.After an accident lands him in the hospital, Jason finds an unlikely ally in a fellow patient. Max, a whip-smart girl who wants nothing more than to explore the world on her own terms, joins Jason in planning a daring escape out of the hospital and into the skyscraper jungle—even though they both know that no matter how big New York City is, they won’t be able to run forever.

About Nadia Hashimi

Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned international bestselling novelist and daughter of Afghan immigrants. She is the author of four books for adults, as well as the middle grade novels One Half from the East and The Sky at Our Feet. She lives with her family in the Washington, DC, suburbs. Visit her online at nadiahashimibooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sebastian on April 18, 2019

I'll read anything Nadia Hashimi writes. I only wish she'd go back to adult fiction......more

Goodreads review by Reading_ on October 09, 2022

One of those books where we want to scream COME TO THE EFFING POINT.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 02, 2021

I'm really beginning to love books by this author! This is the second book I've read by her and once again the magic of her storytelling swept me right up and to the streets of New York City. It's a fast moving tale and while reading it I pretty much had forgotten everything else. And while it moved......more

Goodreads review by Darla on February 16, 2018

Thank you to Harper Collins and Edelweiss for an ARC of this middle grade book. It was quite an adventure story. It begins on the day when Jason sees his mother picked up from her job at the laundromat because she does not have American citizenship. He decides to go find his "Aunt" in NYC, but only k......more

Goodreads review by Tejaswini on January 17, 2021

After listening to his father’s death story from his mother, our twelve year old narrator Jason D, comes to know about the feebly knitted roots in his motherland Afghanistan. He realizes his origin belongs to some other county but not  America though it’s his birth place.  Living with expired docume......more