Had I got used to living in Gulistan? Even started to think it was boring? Maybe. But after the murder and our desperate, crazy and law-breaking drive to save little Amir’s life, I know Central Asia isn’t going to run out of surprises however much longer I live here. Amir’s father was Duran, our family’sContinue reading “Just Drive! Go, Go, Go!”
Category Archives: Young Adult Fiction
Phone Power
It was the gentle growl of a light plane flying low over the city that snapped me around, eyes searching the sky. We don’t see a lot of them in Central Asia. And, more weird, the sound didn’t come from the usual flight path in and out of the Khan Sharif airport. We can seeContinue reading “Phone Power”
Crunch
I didn’t know how the dog was going to kill me, exactly. Drag me in front of a bus? Knock me over backwards and smash my skull? Rip me apart with his huge teeth? Poison my bloodstream with rabies-infected drool? We were headed for the park, because my biological father – which is all heContinue reading “Crunch”
Washaway
The bike ride with my brother was months ago, but the bad dreams still come. I still wake up in a sweat in the dark. We’d just wanted to get out of the house, to breathe some fresh air. We weren’t looking for trouble. Yeah, we do live in Central Asia. Sounds a bit dangerousContinue reading “Washaway”