Kiss the Dust

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Summary: THE UNPREDICTABLE LIFE OF A YOUNG KURDISH GIRL
Review: As a wealthy intellectual Kurd, I always find difficulties in telling my peers about the sufferings of my people. There are millions of Kurdish refugees "suffering" around the world and host countries should have some background idea about where they come from and why they left the comfort of their homeland. To me, this book came as a God's blessing so that to order tens of copies to every friend who ever asked me about my ethnic origin and why I am not serving my people.I am just finished with A Kurdish review on the book in the most widely circulated Kurdish newspaper. If you ever come across with a Kurd in your civilized world and feel bad about living on your tax payments, please read this book to realize that "Tara" and her examples were not beggars; they were just victims of this crazy world. The author should be congratulated for this outstanding work. She seems to know more of our culture than many of the true nationals. She must have lived between us for years to come up with this three dimentional insight into our culture, emotions and feelings. The book is very readable and of the right size. The cover is impeccable.

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Summary: Kiss the Dust
Review: I did this book for a school project. It really had all the information I needed. It is a really good book that I loved to read. I read a lot of books so I can pick out which books are good and which books I don't like. This book is really good and will always stay in my mind. It is about a young girl who has to flee because she is Kurdistan and the Kurdish people are fighting against the Iraqi government. Her father is also fighting and the government is out to kill him. The whole family flees to a place they've hardly ever been.

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Summary: Its better for people which like war books.
Review: I do not belive in war and so when I read this book in english and I personally did not enjoy it but, if you like war stories then you would like the book. The pace of the book is quite good with a little action for what I like. Personally this was the worst book that I have ever read. The thing is maybe it should be aimed at older people 16+.

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Summary: Worth sharing
Review: I read this book to my students in a sole-charge school when the setting was still hot in the news, back in the early 90s. The story had us all gasping with identification as these blessed children in rural New Zealand imagined a life in turmoil. We still remember the pleasant life and then the flight over the mountains in the night.
This books sits with Ann Holm's "I Am David", or Ian Seraillier's "The Silver Sword", as a novel that will help children understand the human suffering behind world politics and the nightly news. History is being made every day and World War Two is not the only history that gets a break in literature.
Our discussions, our map work, our search for photographs of the region and the culture made this a rich reading experience indeed and I whole heartedly recommend it.

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Summary: Important lessons
Review: I read this book when it was first came out. It has remained one of the most memorable books that I ever read as a young adult. Years later, I find myself doing some reading about the Kurdish struggle to understand more about my boyfriend's background as a Kurdish refugee. I'm pleased to find that "Kiss the Dust" is still being distributed.

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Summary: KISS THE DUST.
Review: I thought KISS THE DUST was a very good book. It's about a girl
named TARA and her family. One afternoon a soldier comes to their house. TARA's father was sick. The solier tells BABA the police are looking for him.SO they have to move away from their home.Most of the book is about them moving around the world and their problems.

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Summary: This book was awesome and exciting!!!!!
Review: I thought that this book was really good we are reading the book in Language Arts and study its history

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Summary: Wow, what a great book!
Review: I thought this was an extraordinary book! It was packed with adventure, and every moment made you want to read more! This book never slows down, and with a slight variation of the amount of excitment here and there, I would say this book was almost all excitement. The author explains each character so well, and each scene and feeling so emotionally, you realy begin to think of yourself in the same situation as the characters. The one thing I did not like about the book was the ending. For the end of a story, there should be a last sentence that wraps things up;this book just didn't have it. But other than that, I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: It was very boring
Review: It never had a climax to it they were just always moving around to different places and no action every happend they would just here stories about the outside world from were they were living. The book just sucked and i don't think it should have made it to the publishing company.
Thank you

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Summary: It was very boring
Review: It never had a climax to it they were just always moving around to different places and no action every happend they would just here stories about the outside world from were they were living. The book just sucked and i don't think it should have made it to the publishing company.
Thank you