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"For you a thousand times over" (67) -Karalee

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 "But he's not my friend! I almost blurted. He's my servant!" (41) - Bryanna M.

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 "But he's not my friend! I almost blurted. He's my servant!" (41) - Bryanna M.

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"Hassan's reply was a single word, delivered in a thin, raspy voice: "Yes.""

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"Hassan's reply was a single word, delivered in a thin, raspy voice: "Yes.""

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(105) Maxwell

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"i watched Hassan get raped , i said to no one"

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"i watched Hassan get raped , i said to no one"

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(86)- Elihu

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"... For the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden corner of my mind, I'd been looking forward to this." (289) -Nile

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"Most days I worshiped Baba with an intensity approaching the religious. But right then, I wished I could drain his blood from my veins" (32) -Emma

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"Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite." (72) - Bryanna M

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"Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite." (72) - Bryanna M

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"I ran because I was a coward .I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me." (77)- Jesus

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"I wished I could open any veins and drain his cursed blood from by body."(32)-Maira H

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"I wished I could open any veins and drain his cursed blood from by body."(32)-Maira H

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"Amir agha and I are friends,"Hassan said
(72) Greg

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"Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different spheres of existence. Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres." (49) -Emma

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"I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past-and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran. (77) -Bryanna M.

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"I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past-and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran. (77) -Bryanna M.

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Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words.

Mine was Baba.

His was Amir. My name.
(11) - Winter C

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"I took a couple envelopes of cash from the pile of gifts and my watch... I lifted Hassan's mattress and planted my new watch..." (104) -Cathy C.

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"I took a couple envelopes of cash from the pile of gifts and my watch... I lifted Hassan's mattress and planted my new watch..." (104) -Cathy C.

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"Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again." (105) -Karalee

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"Amir agha won the kite tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite." (72) -Emma

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I knew I was being cruel, like when I'd taunt him if he didn't know some big word. But there was something fascinating – albeit in a sick way – about teasing Hassan. Kind of like when we used to play insect torture. Except now, he was the ant and I was holding the magnifying glass.
(54) - Winter C

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"Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul."(27)- Maira H

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"Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul."(27)- Maira H

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“You've always been a tourist here. You just didn't know it.” -Angel

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"Everywhere I turned, I saw signs of his loyalty, his goddamn unwavering loyalty." (89) - Bryanna M.

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"Everywhere I turned, I saw signs of his loyalty, his goddamn unwavering loyalty." (89) - Bryanna M.

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What mission is that?I heard myself say. "stoning adulterers?Raping children? Flogging women for wearing high heels?Massacring Hazaras?All in the name of Islam?"

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What mission is that?I heard myself say. "stoning adulterers?Raping children? Flogging women for wearing high heels?Massacring Hazaras?All in the name of Islam?"

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(284) Greg

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"This was teetering on the dangerously on the verge of gossip material, and the best kind of it. Poison tongues would flap. And she would bear the brunt of that poison, not me-I was fully aware of the Afghan double standard that favored my gender."

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"This was teetering on the dangerously on the verge of gossip material, and the best kind of it. Poison tongues would flap. And she would bear the brunt of that poison, not me-I was fully aware of the Afghan double standard that favored my gender."

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(146) Maxwell

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"where were you? i looked for you? I looked for you" I said. Speaking those words  was like chewing on a rock.  

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"where were you? i looked for you? I looked for you" I said. Speaking those words  was like chewing on a rock.  

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(78)-javier

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Sometimes, up in those trees, I talked Hassan into firing walnuts... Hassan never denied me anything." (3) -Cathy C

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Sometimes, up in those trees, I talked Hassan into firing walnuts... Hassan never denied me anything." (3) -Cathy C

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"Sad for who Hassan was,were he lived. for how he'd accept the fact that he'd grow oldin that mud shack in the yard, the way his father had"  (58)- Elihu

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"Sad for who Hassan was,were he lived. for how he'd accept the fact that he'd grow oldin that mud shack in the yard, the way his father had"  (58)- Elihu

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"Baba would never, ever forgive me. And that lead to another understanding: Hassan knew. He knew I'd seen everything in the alley, that I'd stood there and done nothing. He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time." (105) -meadow

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"Hollering and clapping. And that right there was the single greatest moment of my twelve of life, seeing Baba on that roof, proud of me at least. " (66) Miguel S.

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Hassan and I stand ankle-deep in untamed grass, I am tugging on the line, the spool spinning in Hassan's calloused hands, our eyes turned up to the kite in the sky. Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything – that's how it is between people who are each other's first memories, people who have fed from the same breast.
(122) - Winter C

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He motioned to me to hold his hat for him and I was glad to,because then everyone would see that he was my father,my Baba.

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He motioned to me to hold his hat for him and I was glad to,because then everyone would see that he was my father,my Baba.

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(14) Greg

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"I should have been beaming with pride when he dropped me off -the old me would have -but all I could muster was a mild form of embarrassment." (90) Miguel S.

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" You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too."
(15)- Marina

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"He...He tried to hurt me once...your father saved me...one day the bad man hurt your father instead.. I..I couldnt save your father the way he saved me." (319)He is finally feeling bad about not helping.

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"He...He tried to hurt me once...your father saved me...one day the bad man hurt your father instead.. I..I couldnt save your father the way he saved me." (319)He is finally feeling bad about not helping.

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" They stood before Baba, hand in hand, and I wondered how and when I'd become capable of causing this kind of pain."
(105)-Marina

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 “Think of something good; Baba said in my ear. ‘Something happy.” (pg 129)-Maria Sandoval

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 “Think of something good; Baba said in my ear. ‘Something happy.” (pg 129)-Maria Sandoval

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The Talibs said he was a liar and a thief, like all Hazaras...

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The Talibs said he was a liar and a thief, like all Hazaras...

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(218)Ryan Baxter

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"Yes, Father," Hassan would mumble, looking down at his feet. But he never told on me. Never told that the mirror, like shooting walnuts at the neighbor's dog, was always my idea. (2.2-3)- Brittney S

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"Door to door we went, calling for the men and boys. We'd shoot them right there in front of their families. Let them see. Let them remember who they were, where they belonged" (277) -Nancy L

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"Door to door we went, calling for the men and boys. We'd shoot them right there in front of their families. Let them see. Let them remember who they were, where they belonged" (277) -Nancy L

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''But he would not.He said it was a matter of ihtiram ,a matter of respect.He and Farzana moved their things into the hut in the backyard,where he was born''(208).-Lourdes f.

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"I think he loved us equally but differently"(322)-Emma C

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"Hassan had no intention to move into the house...Said it was a matter or respect..."what will Amir agha think?"" (208) 

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"Hassan had no intention to move into the house...Said it was a matter or respect..."what will Amir agha think?"" (208) 

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Rahim kahn said  id always been to hard on myself.

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Rahim kahn said  id always been to hard on myself.

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-Amir
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" I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently of i had. But i didn't. I just watched. Paralyzed." ( 73)- Carlos M

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Hassan and i fed from the same breast,we took our first steps in the same lawn yard, and under the same roof, we spoke our first words                                                        mine was BaBa                                                                          his was Amir. My name (11) MoIzes 

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Hassan and i fed from the same breast,we took our first steps in the same lawn yard, and under the same roof, we spoke our first words                                                        mine was BaBa                                                                          his was Amir. My name (11) MoIzes 

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"You promised you'd never put me in one of those places, Amir agha," (341) - Blaize B

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"Your Hazara made a big mistake today, Amir, " he said . They then turned around , walked away. I watched them walk down the hill and disappear behind a wall.(43)-Pamela

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"I've never laid a hand on you,Amir,but if you ever say that again...."you bring me shame..."(90)-Emma C

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"I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me." (77)-Ashley B

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"He asked me to fetch Hassan too, but I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself,"(13). - Abi L

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I heard Hassan next to me, croaking. Tears were sliding down his cheeks. I reached across my seat, slung my arm around him, pulled him close. He rested his head on my shoulder. -Breanna

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I heard Hassan next to me, croaking. Tears were sliding down his cheeks. I reached across my seat, slung my arm around him, pulled him close. He rested his head on my shoulder. -Breanna

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"We left their bodies in the streets, and if their families tried to sneak out to drag them back into their homes, we'd shoot them too. We left them in the streets for days. We left them for the dogs. Dog meat for dogs" (277) - Nancy L 

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"We left their bodies in the streets, and if their families tried to sneak out to drag them back into their homes, we'd shoot them too. We left them in the streets for days. We left them for the dogs. Dog meat for dogs" (277) - Nancy L 

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"I was always learning things about Baba from other people,"(18). -Abi L

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I preoccupied myself with gravity and momentum,atoms  and cells, Anglo-Afghan wars, instead of thinking about Hassan and what had happened to him.(pg-91)- Esther J

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"In Kabul, hot running water had been like fathers, a rare commodity." (pg.333)

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"In Kabul, hot running water had been like fathers, a rare commodity." (pg.333)

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-Alex J

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Baba was used to winning, winning at everything he set his mind to. Didn't he have a right to expect the same from his son?-Breanna

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Baba was used to winning, winning at everything he set his mind to. Didn't he have a right to expect the same from his son?-Breanna

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"Amir Jan is my only son... my only child, and he has been a good son to me" (168

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"Amir Jan is my only son... my only child, and he has been a good son to me" (168

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"When you kill a man, you steal a life" Baba said.'' You steal his wife's right to a husband,rob his children of a father.when you tell a lie you steal someone's right to the truth.When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness do you see ? I did.'' (18)
-Lourdes

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"i think we both know why it has to be you, don't we "
(221) - roy orozco

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"Your father was very brave and he was always rescuing me from trouble, standing up for me...I couldn't save your father the way he had saved me." (319) Tim C

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Assef said, laughing. "You pathetic fool! Someday you'll wake up from your little fantasy and learn just how good of a friend he is.Now, bas! Enough of this. Give us that kite."
Marco G   (PG, 72)

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"I wanted to pull him close, hold him tell him the world had been unkind to him, not the other way around." (318)-Tim C

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A loyal Hazara. Loyal as a dog,'' Assef said kamals laugh was a shrill, nervous sound. pg(72) EstherJ

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"Then I was screaming, and everything was color and sound, everything was alive and good. I was throwing my free arm around Hassan and we were hopping up and down, both of us laughing, both of us weeping. “You won, Amir agha! You won!” (66) Theo Frame

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Have you ever wondered why he plays with you when no one is around . ( 72)
Natali L.

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I ran back because I was a coward. I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me. (76)
Natali L.

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But always my mind returned to the alley. To the droplets of blood staining the snow dark red, almost black. ( 91 ).
Natali L.