Sparks like stars : a novel
The daughter of a prominent family, ten-year-old Sitara Zamani lives in privilege in Afghanistan's thriving, cosmopolitan capital. But in 1978, a coup shatters her world. When the president and Sitara's entire family are assassinated, only she survives. Smuggled from the scene by a soldier named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her. In the United States, Sitara takes on a new name -- Aryana Shephar...
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