But when local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive the disaster that kills her mother, destroys the school, and puts her own life in jeopardy. But even though the Taliban has been driven from the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear.Īs her family settles into the routine of running the school, Parvana, a bit to her surprise, finds herself restless and bored. Reunited with her mother and sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed to open a school for girls. As she waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she remembers the past four years of her life. In this third and final book of the trilogy, Parvana is now fifteen years old. The only clue to her identity is a tattered shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria, Leila, Asif, Hassan - and Parvana. The girl does not respond to questions in any language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and mistreated over several days. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist working with the Taliban. On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just imprisoned a teenaged girl found in a bombed-out school.
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