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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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Elizabeth Laird was born in New Zealand and moved to England with her family when she was three. She went to school in Croydon, studied languages at Bristol and then Edinburgh University, and taught English in Malaysia, Ethiopia and India. She has written many books for children, including JAKE’S TOWER, THE GARBAGE KING (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal), A LITTLE PIECE OF GROUND and THE SECRETS OF THE FEARLESS. She lives with her husband in Richmond, Surrey.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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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
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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
By Emily
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
Published on 17 Mar 2011 by Sparkle
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another winner for elizabeth laird
i first read this book as a child and was thrilled to find it here on amazon. it was better than i remembered and is truly a great story. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2010 by pollyanna
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brechin bookworm
I did not realise this was a childs book till I received it, had a book "ARCADIA" by must be another Elizabeth Laird which I could recommend about a family going to New Zealand in... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by N. H. Mcleay
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After years of searching...
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
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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
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an amazing story full of real emotions
You could read this book loads of times and never be bored. It is written in a very real way that shows that the author has thought about the emotions that each character would go... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2001
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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
Published on 21 Oct 1999
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