Gender:
Female
Heritage:
Iranian
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Sonam and the Silence
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2018
13967971
2018
single work
picture book
children's
'In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Sonam's world is dark and silent. Then one day, she follows a magical, melodious sound to a walled garden, and her world is silent no more. The sound is music, and it lifts her up amongst the stars and takes her deeper than the tree roots in the earth. How can she hold on to this feeling in a world where music is forbidden? A lyrical fable-like story about the irrepressible power of music.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2019 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
- 2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Picture Book
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