The truth about peacock blue /
Hawke, Rosanne,
The truth about peacock blue / Rosanne Hawke. - Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin, 2016. - 288 pages ; 20 cm
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Aster the night her brother dies. Suddenly she's the only hope of the family, and instead of an early marriage to a boy from her small village in Pakistan, her parents decide to send her to the government high school in her brother's place. Aster is excited about this unexpected opportunity for a career, but, as a Christian, she is unprepared her for the difficulties of attending a Muslim school: her fellow students are far from welcoming and one of her teachers takes an instant dislike to her. One day, she is accused of intentionally making a spelling mistake to insult the holy prophet. Her teacher is incensed and accuses her of blasphemy. A violent crowd forms outside the school and Aster is taken to jail to be tried at a later date.
9781743367636 (pbk.) : £5.99
Christians--Pakistan--Fiction.
Pakistan--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Teenage Fiction.
General.
823.92
The truth about peacock blue / Rosanne Hawke. - Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin, 2016. - 288 pages ; 20 cm
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Aster the night her brother dies. Suddenly she's the only hope of the family, and instead of an early marriage to a boy from her small village in Pakistan, her parents decide to send her to the government high school in her brother's place. Aster is excited about this unexpected opportunity for a career, but, as a Christian, she is unprepared her for the difficulties of attending a Muslim school: her fellow students are far from welcoming and one of her teachers takes an instant dislike to her. One day, she is accused of intentionally making a spelling mistake to insult the holy prophet. Her teacher is incensed and accuses her of blasphemy. A violent crowd forms outside the school and Aster is taken to jail to be tried at a later date.
9781743367636 (pbk.) : £5.99
Christians--Pakistan--Fiction.
Pakistan--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Teenage Fiction.
General.
823.92