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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was...
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Lieutenant Commander Donovan has a chance to prove to himself and his elite SEAL team that he has what it takes to lead when their helicopter is shot down and some of his men captured by terrorists in the mountains of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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English
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When American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action: send covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom--al-Qaeda mastermind, Mustafa Khan.
7) The last man
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Series
Mitch Rapp novels volume 13
Language
English
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When a CIA black ops master with ties to disreputable figures in Afghanistan goes missing, Mitch Rapp is ordered to track down the missing man at all costs and finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous plot involving the interests of numerous countries.
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 2
Language
English
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Returning to Washington after a harrowing case in the Middle East, CIA agent and al-Qaeda infiltrator John Wells is selected to investigate a surge in Taliban activity with possible Asian ties.
9) The valley
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Language
English
Description
"A former Army Captain's gripping portrait of a fighting division holding a remote outpost in Afghanistan reminiscent of Apocalypse Now, The Yellow Birds, and Matterhorn There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. Black didn't even know its proper name. But he knew about the Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. It lay deeper...
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Jason Bourne/Treadstone novels volume 4
Language
English
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"The final days of the American presence in Afghanistan bring Adam Hayes a summons he can't ignore in the latest electrifying thriller from the world of Robert Ludlum"--
Adam Hayes promised his wife that he won't put his life on the line any more, and there's nothing that will make him break a promise to his wife. Well, almost nothing. Ten years ago Abdul Nassir saved Hayes's life, and the time has come for repayment. Nassir is the only eyewitness...
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Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Izzy Astor gets on a plane to go home, she isn't expecting much. It's the usual holiday travel experience: busy, crowded, stressful. Then she spots her seatmate, who is anything but ordinary. Nate Phelan sports dark hair, blue eyes, and a deliciously rugged charm that Izzy can't resist. Their connection is undeniable. Izzy never believed in destiny before, but she does now. Just ninety seconds after takeoff, their plane goes down in the Missouri...
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Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Zulviya, her sister and her cousin, her mother and her grandmother... they all belong to the loom. For generations the women of Zulviya's family have earned their living by weaving rugs by hand. The rugs are valuable and the women are proud of their beautiful handiwork. But the work is hard. It takes months to weave a rug; each one contains hundreds of thousands of knots. Before one work day has passed, Zulviya will tie thousands of...
14) Long shadow
Author
Series
Shadow Squadron volume 11
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a video of a man making terrorist demands surfaces, Shadow Squadron discovers that the man is a former American soldier and a member of the original Shadow Squadron. They set out to capture the traitor, but discover the situation is more complex than it seems.
15) The renegades
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Joining troops to deliver aid to an earthquake-decimated region of Afghanistan, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson and his interpreter, Sergeant Major Sophia Gold, confront a Taliban splinter group that is shooting aid workers and everyone who accepts help.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Nicole came to Afghanistan to make a killer war documentary, but when the helicopter she bribed to take her closer to the enemy gets shot down she finds a lot more action than she had bargained for--and it is up to an Army Special Forces team to locate and rescue her and her cameraman.
Author
Series
Michael Parson thrillers volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When their plane is shot down in a blizzard while transporting an important Taliban detainee, navigator Michael Parson and Army interpreter Sergeant Gold fight for survival in the harsh terrain of Afghanistan, where they struggle to outmaneuver terrorists and dubiously trustworthy villagers.
18) Enduring freedom
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Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--
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