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Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Qais Akbar Omar's young life coincided with one of the most convulsive decades in Afghan history: civil war, the rise of the Taliban, and the arrival of international troops in 2001. 'A Fort of Nine Towers', named for the place his parents first sought shelter from war, is the story of Qais's family and their remarkable survival.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When Omar and his friends come back after the school holidays, their lovely teacher seems to have been replaced by somebody much more grumpy. Overhearing other teachers talking about her, Omar decides something terrible has happened. Could she possibly have been abducted by aliens? Omar persuades his friends to mount a rescue mission but what they find is very surprising!
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. The hunger is constant . but there's football to look forward to, and now there's a chance Omar will get to go to school . This book perfectly depicts life in a refugee camp for 8-12 year olds.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Omar and his friends are taking part in a national rocket building competition. With a little help from Omar's scientist mum and dad and some fart power too, they come up with a rocket that's ready to blast off. But when someone starts sabotaging the rockets, the boys find themselves on a new mission to reveal the culprit.
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