Caravan Book

A ten-year-old boy accompanies his father for the first time on a caravan trip through the mountains of Afghanistan to the city below where they will trade their goods at ...

Children's Literature

10-year-old Jura joins his father's caravan as they journey with their camels to the regional capital in northeastern Afghanistan to trade their skins and felts for grain. Set against the icy backdrop of the Hindu Kush Mountains, we are transported to an exotic world most of us will know only through books. The warmth of the campfire in a "yurt" [a circular tent], tea poured from a chogun [a small teapot], seeing mosques dominating the capital's architecture, the traders sharing stories of their travels, and the arduous return trip are some of the indelible images in this fascinating book.