Leyla’s village is broken, and it is all because of the war. She can’t go to school, her best friend has been forced to move away, and American soldiers occupy her small village. Now, Leyla has to spend all day at the sewing shop with her mother and the other women of the village. But when she meets an American soldier who happens to be a women, Leyla’s view of the world is changed forever.
Engage your most struggling readers in grades 4-7 with Red Rhino books and Red Rhino Nonfiction books! This series features high-interest topics in every content area. Visually appealing full-color photographs and illustrations, fun facts, and short chapters keep emerging readers focused. Written at a 1.0 - 1.5 readability level for fiction and 1.5 - 2.0 for nonfiction, these books include illustrations or images on every spread that support visual literacy and draw kids into the text.