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Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education Hardcover by Sola Mahfouz Juvenile Nonfiction - School & Education is found floating in theProduct Details Publisher : Ballantine Books (June 6 2023) Language : English Hardcover : 320 pages ISBN 10 : 0593359763 ISBN 13 : 9780593359761 Item weight : 431 g Dimensions : 14. 83 x 2. 74 x 21. 67 cm A searing, deeply personal memoir of a tenacious Afghan girl who educated herself behind closed doors and fought her way to a new life. Stories like this inspire me. Seeing the way people like Sola Mahfouz think about the world reinforces my optimism