A heartfelt story of a teenage boy living in the conflict zone of
Afghanistan
"The explosion jolts him awake. He sits up, gasping for air, heart
thumping.
Was the blast real? Perhaps it had only happened in his head, a bad
dream. Demons of the dark, his father had called them. 'Push them away.
They'll only poison your thoughts. Seek the light and they can't hurt
you.'"
Naveed is sick of war--of the foreign powers and the Taliban, the
warlords and the drug barons that together have torn Afghanistan apart.
He's had to grow up quickly to take care of his widowed mother and
little sister, making what little money he can doing odd jobs and
selling at the markets. When he adopts Nasera, a street dog with
extraordinary abilities, he has a chance to help rebuild his country.
But will a new friend's betrayal crush his dreams of peace forever? From
the winter of war comes the spring of hope.