Ellis, Deborah, 1960-

Mud city / Deborah Ellis. - Toronto : Berkeley, CA : Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, c2003. - 164 p. : maps ; 20 cm.

"A Groundwood book."

In order to earn enough money to buy her own passage out of the Afghan refugee camp where she lives, Shauzia dresses like a boy, but is forced into panhandling and ends up in jail, gaining hope only when a well-meaning American family rescues her.

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Afghan refugees--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.


K�abol (Afghanistan)--Fiction.

PZ7.E469 / Mu 2003

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