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Good night, Commander / Ahmad Akbarpour ; pictures by Morteza Zahedi ; translated by Shadi Eskandani and Helen Mixter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Persian Publication details: Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2010.Description: [24] p. : col. ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0888999895
  • 9780888999894
Uniform titles:
  • Shab be khayr farmandeh. English
Subject(s): Summary: A child who has survived the Iraq-Iran War finds himself playing an imaginary war in his room, but when he confronts an enemy soldier, he finds that, like himself, this soldier is missing a leg.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Tough Topics Akbarpur Ahm Available 33111006755702
Total holds: 0

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This extraordinary little book gives us a glimpse into the world of a young boy who has lost his mother and one of his legs in the Iran-Iraq war. We meet the boy in his room, where he recreates the conflict with an imaginary enemy and soldiers, trying to avenge his losses. The boy's father urges him to take off his artificial leg when he is at home, to join his uncles and aunties who have arrived for dinner. But when he does, he finds out that they are all about to go off to meet his new mother.

Back in his room he meets an enemy soldier who is also missing a limb. Identifying with this soldier, the boy offers him his artificial leg. And as he does, his mother smiles down on him from her picture on the wall, acknowledging his hurt and giving him comfort.

A child who has survived the Iraq-Iran War finds himself playing an imaginary war in his room, but when he confronts an enemy soldier, he finds that, like himself, this soldier is missing a leg.

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