Discussion+Summary

This is a very interesting and intense book that relates to things that could be happening around the world at this moment. Its a book about a country called Afghanistan and a family that travels form home to home each one smaller then the other because of a war and bombing. It all starts when their first house blows up in a bombing situation. As they move to different houses each smaller then the next keeps getting bombed. Finally when the family of five settles in a small house with only 1 room they stay for the month with no disturbances. Then the relies that they are running low on money and need to make money somehow. So they sort through all the things and gather all that is NOT needed and made the father go out and sell what they have for food. The father has only 1 good leg because un the bombing one of his legs was lost so they had to buy a "fake leg" to kelp him walk better and a walking stick. One time a costumer came around and wanted to buy the fake leg even though it wasent for sale, But he offered such a high price for it and the poor man needed money badly to feed him and his family he had to sell it. The father was taken away from his family and everyone else from the taliban. He was taken to prison and now the family had no way to earn money because the father was the one who always earned the money. Now that their family has no men to go outside to sell things because women are baned from going outside of their homes. So then they get the daughter that always went outside with father to help sell and came up with an idea.