- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; New Ed edition (2 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0230014313
- ISBN-13: 978-0230014312
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 284,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A highly topical, award-winning novel from a truly great writer for children.
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Tara is an ordinary teenager. Although her country, Kurdistan, is caught up in a war, the fighting seems far away. It hasn't really touched her. Until now. The secret police are closing in. Tara and her family must flee to the mountains with only the few things they can carry. It is a hard and dangerous journey - but their struggles have only just begun. Will anywhere feel like home again?
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Kiss the dust is a story about a Kurdish family living in Iraq at the time of the first Gulf War. I found the book a moving revelation of life for an ordinary Kurdish family under Sadam Hussein. Although now dated by recent events, the book provides an insight into the political situation, as well as being a compulsive read. I couldn't put it down!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Kiss the Dust is the story of how a family flee their country to escape persecution by the government. Eventually they reach London where they find that they are refugees who have lost everything: their homes, friends, family and even language.
For me, this was an unforgetable story about a time which actually happened. I found myself wondering just how it would be like to be a refugee, losing all my friends and ending up in a place where I could not even speak the language. The forword in the book tells that the people are imaginary but the story was real to many people during the 1980s.
Now I have a small idea of what it was like.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
From the moment I picked this book up I was completely absorbed. I am now in the middle of reading it for the third time. It's about a girl, Tara, who has to leave her home in Iraq because of her father's involvement with the Kurdish rebels, the Pesh Murgas. It was exciting, terrifying, funny and horrifyingly sad all at the same time. This book is wonderful from beginning to end.
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A touching story
This book is really touching about a young kurdish girl who is proud of her upbringing and how she then becomes a refugee during the golf war. Read more
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I read this book when I was 10 years old. I thought it was fantastic! Now I am 19, and thanks to Amazon have been able to purchase this book after 9 years of seaching. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2004 by Sarah Higgins
A Brilliant Book
This book should be required reading for all those commenrting on the current situation in the Middle East! Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2003
an amazing story full of real emotions
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Published on 16 Mar 2001
It's the best book i ever read
it gets you in to it on the very first page it is very well written and you will not want to put it down. I cried and i'm no wuss
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