~ Paperback
~ Winner of the Hackmatack Children's Choice Award for English Fiction - 2005
Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. Deciding to leave the camp and try her luck on the streets, Shauzia is determined to earn enough money to buy her passage out of the country . . .
A powerful and very human story of a feisty, driven girl who tries to take control of her own life, this edition of Mud City, published in celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of 'The Breadwinner' series, features a new cover, a detailed map, a glossary to provide young readers with background and context, as well as an updated and revised author's note.
"A stunning portrait of a totally devastated world where children are forced to fend for themselves." -- Quill & Quire