A sky-blue bench /

Rahman, Bahram, 1984-

A sky-blue bench / written by Bahram Rahman ; illustrated by Peggy Collins. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. A sensitive author's note addresses the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines. --

006-008.

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Children with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Artificial legs--Juvenile fiction.
Unexploded ordnance--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Children with disabilities--Fiction.
Schools.
Écoles--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Enfants handicapés--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Jambe artificielle--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Munitions non explosées--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Special Needs.
Children with disabilities.
Schools.
Unexploded ordnance.
Schools--Juvenile fiction.
Handicapped children--Juvenile fiction.
School stories.
Handicapped children--Fiction.
Schools.


Afghanistan--Juvenile fiction.
Afghānistān--Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Afghanistan.


Picture books for children.
picture books.
School fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Picture books.
School fiction.
Livres d'images.

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