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.
0888995423 (pbk.) : $5.95
Afghan refugees--Fiction. Sex role--Fiction. Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.