Pre-order Releases Mar 23, 2027
A Sky-Blue Bench
by Bahram Rahman · illustrated by Peggy Collins
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About the book
A Sky-Blue Bench
A Sky-Blue Bench—honor winner of the 2022 ALA Schneider Family Book Award—is now available in paperback format with flaps! Share in a story which Kirkus Reviews calls “a timely, eye-opening portrait of resilience, community, and hope.”
It’s Afghan schoolgirl Aria’s first day back at school since her accident. She’s excited, but she’s also worried about sitting on the hard floor all day with her new prosthetic “helper-leg.”
Just as Aria feared, sitting on the floor is so uncomfortable that she can’t think about learning at all. She knows that before the war changed many things in Afghanistan, schools like hers had benches for students to sit at. If she had a bench, her leg would not hurt so much. The answer is obvious: she will gather materials, talk to Kaka Najar, the carpenter in the old city, and learn to build a bench for herself.
In A Sky-Blue Bench, Bahram Rahman, author of The Library Bus, returns again to the setting of his homeland, Afghanistan, to reveal the resilience and resolve of young children—especially young girls—who face barriers to education.
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Details
- Publisher
- Pajama Press Inc.
- Author
- Bahram Rahman
- Illustrator
- Peggy Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- Mar 23, 2027
- ISBN-13
- 9781772784244
- ISBN-10
- 1772784249
- Pages
- 32
- Carton quantity
- 50 copies
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A Sky-Blue Bench for groups: pricing
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $9.44 | 21% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $9.08 | 24% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $8.96 | 25% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $8.60 | 28% off list |
| 1,000+ | $8.37 | 30% off list |
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