| ID | 018145 |
| Call Number | FIC/SUN |
| Title Proper | Razia's ray of hope |
| Other Title Information | One girl's dream of an education |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Suneby, Elizabeth ; Verelst, Suana (ill.) |
| Publication | Toronto, Kids Can Press, 2013. |
| Description | 32p White Spine |
| Note | Razia dreams of getting an education, but in her small village in Afghanistan, girls haven't been allowed to attend school for many years. When a new girls' school opens in the village, a determined Razia must convince her father and oldest brother that educating her would be best for her, their family and their community.
Based on the true stories of the?students of the Zabuli Education Center for Girls just outside of Kabul, founded by a generous and resourceful woman named Razia Jan, a CNN hero, who also appears in the story. |
| Standard Number | 9781554538164 |
| Price. Qualification | $18.95(Hb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | PYP ; RISK TAKER ; BALANCED ; ENTHUSIASM ; Girls' schools - Afghanistan ; Education - Fiction ; Girls' schools - Fiction ; ACTION ; COMMUNICATOR ; Girls - Education - Afghanistan ; UOI - Education ; Realistic fiction ; Girls - Afghanistan - Fiction ; Lexile 680L ; Gender discrimination - Fiction ; Afghanistan - Social conditions - Fiction ; Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century - Fiction ; Jan, Razia - Fiction |