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.
9781772782226 177278222X 9780800024017 080002401X
2022417913
20210241020 can
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