Sonam and the silence / Eddie Ayres ; illustrated by Ronak Taher.
By: Ayres, Eddie.
Contributor(s): Taher, Ronak.
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BookPublisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin Children's Books, 2018Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9781760293666 (hbk.); 1760293660 (hbk.).Subject(s): Children's stories | Premiers' Reading Challenge : 3-4 | Premiers' Reading Challenge : 5-6 | Silence -- Juvenile fiction | Music -- Juvenile fiction | Families -- Juvenile fiction | War -- Juvenile fiction | Girls -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction | Music -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction | Music -- Censorship -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction | Girls -- Afghanistan -- Kabul -- Juvenile fiction | Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction | Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Juvenile fiction | Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction | Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Sonam's world is dark and silent. Then one day, she follows a magical melodious sound to a walled garden, and her world is silent no more. The sound is music, and it lifts her up amongst the stars and takes her deeper than the tree roots in the earth. How can she hold on to this feeling in a world where music is forbidden?
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| Junior | Sydenham Library | Picture Book | A | Available | IA2024979 | ||
| Junior | Sunshine Library (DIY) | Picture Book | A | Available | IA2024980 | ||
| Junior | Keilor Library | Picture Book | A | Available | IA2024981 | ||
| Junior | Deer Park Library (DIY) | Picture Book | A | Available | IA2024982 | ||
| Junior | St Albans Library (DIY) | Picture Book | A | Available | IA2024978 |
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In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Sonam's world is dark and silent. Then one day, she follows a magical melodious sound to a walled garden, and her world is silent no more. The sound is music, and it lifts her up amongst the stars and takes her deeper than the tree roots in the earth. How can she hold on to this feeling in a world where music is forbidden?